Google Docs and Spreadsheets - a.k.a. Office

Interestingly enough, one of the last posts I did publish in this blog was about the suite of services Google has been putting together recently. I'm now a user of just about every service they offer, from email to spreadsheets, passing on online documents and photo publishing and I have to say that even though not one of the applications is incredible, all of them are quite useful and you realy can't beat the price. :-)

Several Google services seem to be following the same path of Powerpoint. It wasn't that you really needed it or that it was the very best software for presentations, but it came with Excel and Word and it worked ok, so why not use it.

Apart from Google Earth and Picasa 2, oddly enough two non-web applications, most of Google's services receive a passing mark, but no special stars from me. They work ok, they do what they propose efficiently and not much more.

Google Docs and Spreadsheets may be a long way from replacing Microsoft Office, but it does help to solve the problem of having access to information from just about anywhere.

Now, if only I could get a decent Internet connection in Tasmania... You'd think that the Aussies would understand that life spins around the net and stop wanting to limit your traffic to a couple of gigs.