Interesting story at MSN today on Google's on-line word-processor:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15145793/
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15145793/
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Google's Writely word-processor
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I've been using it for about six months; I rather like it. It particularly useful for teaching and collaboration.
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dang. my post got et by the intraweb monsters.
I just signed on (was easy since I have a gmail acct). It seems very cool. I'd like to post about it on the blogging forum. Blacbird - you ok if I clone your post?
I just signed on (was easy since I have a gmail acct). It seems very cool. I'd like to post about it on the blogging forum. Blacbird - you ok if I clone your post?
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Hi folks - just cloning this because the tool Blacbird mentions has a nice "post to blog" feature. I know I've been absent for a couple months - RL has been rather demanding. I look forward to getting back in the swing of things here (and at my blog!) soon.
This *is* my favorite forum, after all.
The wonderful thing is how great and 'self-moderating' you all are - so friendly, helpful and enthusiastic!! I'm always proud to point people over here.
You're the best!
This *is* my favorite forum, after all.
The wonderful thing is how great and 'self-moderating' you all are - so friendly, helpful and enthusiastic!! I'm always proud to point people over here.
You're the best!
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Dawno said:
Hi, Dawno!
I just tried out Writely's "post to blog" feature -- worked really well except the title of the post got lost in translation and I had to go into Blogger Dashboard to fix it. I like my blog posts to be titled. Could have been operator error, though *blush*.I used it once or twice for my blog and the title didn't get posted. So either there's a glitch with that or we both didn't do something right.
I'm thinking of putting some of my WIPs there for backups too. Can't hurt.
I'm thinking of putting some of my WIPs there for backups too. Can't hurt.
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Mel said:I used it once or twice for my blog and the title didn't get posted. So either there's a glitch with that or we both didn't do something right.
Hee! Good to know.
Great idea. I'm finding that after my hard drive crash of last month, a person can't have too many backups.
Dawno
Some other links:
Zoho Writer
ThinkFree
Ajax Write
These are all, like Writely, a little rough; save often and keep a local copy.
Some other links:
Zoho Writer
ThinkFree
Ajax Write
These are all, like Writely, a little rough; save often and keep a local copy.
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FYI, Blogger has a Word add-on that lets you publish to your Blogger account. Works pretty well. Writely is probably easier to use since it's all in-house.
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asorum said:
I've used that - it's the re-install to Word after getting the new computer that has kept me from using it lately.
I like the idea that apps reside on the web. Means less stuff cluttering up the hard drive.
I suppose I could be brainwashed being that I work for a company that sells routers and switches and the like...