Ok so after reading the FPL 23 Thing blogpost regarding google docs, I have spent about 30 minutes playing with this cloud computing application. I created three different types of files, one was a document, the other a presentation, and the other a spreadsheet.

This was good practice for me because my only exposure to google docs before was when I uploaded documents that I had already created using an application that was installed on my desktop. I have been weighing the pros and cons of just creating documents from scratch using cloud computing software such as google docs and zoho. I really would have to learn how to use these applications because they are somewhat different to the traditional Microsoft Office Suite.

This is a great way to collaborate on projects. Another thing I like about this is that if you save your important documents on google docs or zoho, if your hard drive fails, it doesn't affect these documents because IT'S ON THE INTERNET!

Information professionals could definitely take advantage of this useful, easy-to-use, but best of all free internet service. How? By collaborating with colleagues on presentations and documents. A library professional could create a document on google docs, approve a list of collaborators and email them a link so they could all edit the same document!

And voila! Works like magic.