Google Docs

I think Google is a great company. I mean really. Where would be today with out Google. Left at Yahoo or AltaVista for that sake.

I’ve been using Google’s Docs, and I’m loving it. For my work, I have to share a lot of Spreadsheets, Word Docs and sometimes Powerpoint Presentations. Versioning becomes an issue. Google Docs is great because it allows you to either upload an existing document or create a new one online and share it out other people that have a Google Doc account. You both can be logged in to your account and access the same doc from separate computers and literally see the changes being made live online.  Its sick. More recently, I tried hitting Google Docs from my iPhone and Google has a special site created just for mobile devices. I love it. I know Apple is attempting to compete with this product with their iWork solution, and I tested that too, but to be honest, its not at the same level of service Google offers. For one, its very iWork centric (Pages, Numbers, Keynote). Looks like they are going to $$ for it also. Google is free. There are limitations to Google, for instance they can only accept Word, Excell, Powerpoint, StarOffice, and a few other types of Docs. And two, there is a limitation on the size of document than can be uploaded. If they had a service that will allow me to buy more storage for my ‘documents’. I will gladly pay.

Great Service. You should try it out.

How to organize computer cables

If your like most people, we have accumulated lots of computer, networking, video, telephone and stereo cables over the years. Most of the time they all end up in a box and when you need one, it always seems to be tangled up with all the other cables. Frustrating. I have tons of cables, and I needed a way to get a handle on these. I dreaded having to go down and hunt for a cable! It was easier for me to just go buy one than sift through a rats nest of twine. So one day I decided to take all of my cables at home and have organized them into ZipLock bags. It sure keeps them from getting lost and tangled and saved me a ton of money! Consequently in a related story, Circuit City is going out of business.