Didjital Vibrations

Well then, here it is. A new idea for this blog, commenting on stuff that is happening on the internet. This will be quite a difference for me, as I haven’t done all that much in the way of blogging, apart from maybe the old live journal i used to have, and the like. However this is hopefully going to be something different now, egged on by all the blogs that i read regularly.

So what has been going on in this little head of mine? Well, after reading blog post after blog post (yes i know two of them was a whole blog.. its all good!) on increased productivity, and on sorting things out in your life by just getting on and doing them, I decided to do it. And one of the things i decided to do was use my website more! So here we go…

Online productivity

In this large area of internet, there are many new technologies that allow you to work on everything online. Examples of these include Google Docs, and the new Apple iWork.com which allow collaboration on document editing. The main idea behind all these online programs are that you can then access your work from anywhere with an internet connection, which now is almost everywhere. Microsoft is also jumping in, with online versions of their popular office programs.

There are problems with these systems however. For normal, everyday work files for people who use the occasional word processed document or spreadsheet, there is not much point in using these unless you’re moving from place to place a lot, and won’t have access to your own computer, such as a student with a desktop working on files in University. But there is also the cost to take into account. If you use lots of files, then the storage space starts to come into account. now with Google Docs I cant seem to find the storage space allowed, however I think it will be in the region of 2Gb. This can be upgraded, for a cost. This is also true for most other services like Google Docs, although at the moment iWork.com is in free beta. But when iWork.com comes into full use, then this will be changed to a subscription based service, much like the other Apple internet services.

This is only a brief look into the online services for word processing, as there are many other services I have probably overlooked, or not even heard of. However, comments will be appreciated on this subject (as long as they are productive). Also, comments on what people thought if this, my first foray into mainstream blogging!

-and so it is