Using Google Docs. What are they? Why use them?

Google Docs is the start of what is known as "Cloud Computing." The idea of cloud computing is to use all of your software on your computer online. Essentially, your computer is online and you create documents online. Not sure if cloud computing will take off but some may find uses for it.

Google’s Docs & Spreadsheets is a place online where you can for free, create documents, edit them, share them with people, and even allow people to edit your docs. Currently, there are not many uses for me for this service right now buy who knows what they might improve in the future that will draw me in.  Once use I find that is really useful with Google docs is the ability for people to edit the docs and other people to view them online. Lets say I create a web site and I need many people to add information to the site but they have no clue about FTP and I don’t want them to mess around with anything else in the site. I am able to actually create a Google Doc online, embed it in a web page, and allow whomever I want the ability to edit the document. They don’t have to know anything about web sites and they can log in and edit the document on their own. This is really convenient in any community based web site.

Well, good luck and happy document creating.