OLD SKOOL TOOL

We laugh out loud at the very idea of reverting back to pagers, word processors and manual typewriters, and God forbid the thought of writing a paper on any of those archaic machines!!!!

And yet, we hold on with white knuckles to the Jurassic tool that is Microsoft word!  Why?  

Microsoft Word is so old school nowadays and yet we can't walk away from it.  We hold on to it, embrace it, blinkered by it.  If I were to hazard a guess as to why?  At first blush, I would suggest to you that it's because, we human kind, don't take kindly to change,   We like to stick with the old familiar, stay comfortably ensconced in our comfort zone.  This may go some way to explain why everyone was so reluctant to grasp the nettle and work collaboratively,  but at least we started something...... see the attached link "Our work to date".  

 So we entered the race but didn't cross the finish line....... here's a few reasons we should have pulled our socks up and got involved!

MICROSOFT  V  GOOGLE.D

CORRUPT FILES 

I've experienced this malaise many a time.  Uploading your latest masterpiece on to a flash drive only to find out that when you later try and access your work - the file won't open.  ARGGGHH!!!! With Google docs however, you're only a click away, you will never need to concern yourself with corrupt files or incompatible software.

ONLINE STORAGE

Ever forgotten your laptop or USB Stick?  No longer a worry. If you're out and about  and need to access your work, as long as you have access to the internet, simply log on and get to work.  Google docs is your online storage locker, with 1 GB of space this will suffice for a weeks worth of work unless that is your name's Leo Tolstoy and your writing a sequel to War and Peace. 

LIVING DOCUMENT

Never again will you need to utter the words...."Is this the latest version?" Your Google Doc is a living thing, a work in progress that is saved and stored on line where your colleagues will have access.  You will be safe in the knowledge that this is, the only copy, and this is, the up to date version.

WORKING COLLABORATIVELY

Geo-location is no longer an issue.  Subject matter experts can come together on line to work colloaboratively on a document, adding value and editing in sync.  This does of course mean that there is no longer an excuse to invite the cute guy or gal over to help with homework.......nothing is ever perfect!

Now if your still hankering after the old school toys - the option of downloading your google docs and saving a PDF version is a belt and braces approach that remains extant.  Win win eh?

9 YEARS BEHIND THE CURVE.....

Finally, take a look at this introductory clip to Google docs, posted 9 years ago!  It's had 4, 957, 876 views and is just under 3 minutes from start to finish.  This will make you wonder why it took you so long to make the switch.  Google Docs ......I put to you, should be your new years resolution for 2017!