Thing # 9 Collaboration

Okay, I admit I didn't really look at Zoho very closely. I didn't really care about it. I have used Google Docs before when I worked for a non-profit online magazine. I already had an account there.

For this Thing, I did use my own account. I am using a new laptop and didn't have the doc on wanted on it. So I went to my old computer and emailed the doc to me. It was a Word doc. I tried to open it on my new laptop from my email, and realized that I don't have Word on the new laptop. I was able to convert it to a .doc and then upload it to Google Docs. Yay! Naturally, the doc is about geocaching. I created a display for my library on geocaching about three years ago. This doc could use some updating. I invited a geocaching buddy of mine to view the doc and edit what she thought needed editing. Let's see how well I take criticism! :) I also invited my partner, Diana, to view the doc, just to test that feature as well.

I can see how this can help in a branch library system with committee work. Each committee member can edit a doc without even having a face2face meeting! As long as people are good about adding their name to edits, then we can keep track of changes and know who to talk to about changes.