Docs, Labs and Awards

Well....

Google docs are great. Still necessitates all the knowledge and passwords and intelligence of a popular computer user..and .. a great tool. I worry about too much reliance on such a distant cache of my stuff; the need for backing up remains greater than ever. These simple and basic ideas remain too distant for many public library users whose lenses I am adopting to try these tools. Also public library access is always going to be risky- crashes, kicked plugs, no toner - so we can only try to make it all work the best as possible. As stated before this is a great opportunity for educating our public on google apps.

Google lab is better than the Batcave and Q's place- found all doughnut shops in my zip code, tracked a yellow cab along I-90 and tried the 800 # to get connected to a voicemail for free. Google remains the premier portal for info finding. It is a triumph of mission control to not have pretty women and pop ups allover the site.

The Awards site made me sad that my friends video startup was not included but now I have a dynomite list of recommendations for future endeavors. The wetpaint wiki didn't seem so great. Got to go back to see if any travel/reservation tools are listed.