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November 06, 2007

Web Apps

I looked at both Zoho and Google.

I like that in Zoho you can more easily switch between the apps. I found it more difficult to do so in Google.
Both appear to let you export the documents. The ZoHo documentation states that with a plugin documents can be edited offline and synchronized with the online document. I like that feature because you could work on a document on a laptop when you don't have an internet connection.

I installed the plugin for Google notebook but quickly uninstalled it again. It is a very invasive plugin and I was concerned that it might interfere with the security of Aleph. The plugin attaches itself to every window, even popups, which Aleph web based uses.

Either application would accomplish what NetFiles was supposed to do. I haven't explored NetFiles since this summers security warning. I'll have to keep exploring both Google Docs and Zoho apps to see if either would be feasible for my personal use. Currently I store documents on my hosted domain but that is ackward since I have to download the document, edit and upload again. I would like access to the documents when away from both my work and home computers.

November 02, 2007

Discovering Web 2.0 tools

So I got a little side-tracked while looking at the Web 2.0 awards short list http://www.seomoz.org/web2.0/short

I was looking at the winners for podcast and visited ODEO http://odeo.com/ . From there I stumbled on The Onion radio news. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/68880 What a delight to find this type of clean and dry humor. I've tagged the site in my del.iciou.us account so I can find it again. A great way to add humor to a Friday afternoon. :))

On a more serious note, I also tagged the short list of Web 2.0 award winners and will spent time looking at more of the tools.

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