Google Docs

I've logged into Google Docs and uploaded a document into my account. I've shared this document with two of my colleagues. The portability of Google Docs is a great thing. I'm doing all this work out at the Info Desk between clients. I don't have to be at my desk to collaborate with others on a document. In fact I could be at home right now!
In the Knowing and Knowledge unit, AXF1001, they introduced the students to another online collaborative, free software called Zoho. There is even an animated tutorial for the students about Zoho that you can find from the Library Webpage under the 'Web 2.0 toolbox' link. Here's the Zoho tute URL http://intranet.vu.edu.au/AEHD/web2_usersite/tutorial2.asp
Zoho won a court case against Microsoft to be able to use the same icons on Zoho so it is even more familiar to those of use raised on Microsoft products. I think Google and small , entrepreneurial web companies like Zoho will eventually break Microsoft's hold on the market.
This will be a good thing as it will allow Web 2.0 innovations to be introduced and developed much more quickly and hopefully they will be low cost or free to use, benefiting Universities like VU and cash-strapped students.