Google Drives and Docs

Google Drive:

A lot of people know what Google drive is, but for those that don’t.  Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage, which is also connected to other stuff including Google documents, Presentation, Spreadsheet, Form, and of course Drawing.

You can even host your own website, but it’s a bit more tricky, but can be found here: https://googledrive.com/host/0B716ywBKT84AMXBENXlnYmJISlE/GoogleDriveHosting.html

Collaboration at it’s finest is when you can work on a group project all at once!

Documents:

Have you ever used Microsoft Word?  If so, then Google documents won’t be that much of a shock.  There are a few things that are different, but it’s more of a basic Word Processor.  The biggest flaw I have with it currently is the lack of having columns.  I would think columns would be one of the first objects created.  I will not have a problem using this once they fix this issue.

Presentation:

Much like Powerpoint.  This would be an ideal collaboration tool if you were coming up with a project.  I haven’t dug deep down into it, but from what I have seen It’s much like Powerpoint.  

Spreadsheet:

This is my favorite, I have always like excel on Windows, so this wasn’t much of a surprise.  Unless you are using Excel at work, with extensive use, you’ll be perfectly fine, if not better.  I enjoy having my Spreadsheet saves as I do it, so I don’t lose any calculations.  I use this for budgets and other financial adventures.  It’s much like Excel, and maybe even better.  Good job Google.

Form:

Do you have a question to ask people?  You can create a form people can fill out.  I do not use this, nor have much experience with it, but you can have graphs and charts on what people answer.  It’s cool if you have a large list of contacts and enjoy having people answer your questions.

Drawing:

I’m not into drawing, but from what I can tell.  Google Drawing is mostly basic stuff, much like Paint.  I might try to use this more to get a hang of it, and if I do, I’ll be sure to edit this article.

Having all of this available from any computer, and automatically uploading to google’s drive is a great invention and realization of how great Cloud storage is.  What will be next in this journey of Online storage?