Sunday, February 3, 2008

Remember the Milk and Jott





Okay, my mind is officially blown away! To have a phone message converted to text and sent to different places--incredible! It is hard to believe that these technologies that seemed like wild fancies of imagination are actually coming true. I can see that Remember the Milk and Jott would be great productivity tools. I don't see myself using them in the near future, but they definitely could be a good way for busy people to get organized. The internet is quite amazing, but I haven't gotten online at home yet because it seems that the computer can take up too much time, and I am afraid my teenagers will want to spend hours online. I am of the "get outside and play" or "read a book" way of thinking. We have so many modern conveniences to make our lives easier and more organized, yet why do we feel so rushed or too busy? Maybe online productivity tools can make us feel less rushed, but I still prefer a simple pencil and piece of paper to help me remember the milk. I enjoyed learning about productivity tools, however, and maybe I will embrace the concept in the future. Thanks for teaching us about all the fascinating tools on the web.

Google Docs






Does anyone know the song "Mazel Tov" from Fiddler on the Roof? For some reason my brain keeps singing that song with "Google Docs" inserted in place of Mazel Tov! And why not sing about Google Docs? Google continues to blow my mind with all that it offers. How nice for anyone who does not have or cannot afford Microsoft Office to have similar features available for free! How nice to be able to save documents and access them anywhere instead of being tied down to one computer or carrying around a jump drive! How great to have Google Docs for collaborative work! How cute to have a Google Dachshund--love those play on words!

My exclamation points show just how neat I think Google Docs is!