new google tools review

Loving the new google tools, feel well up to date now. Next I will be wearing black and hanging out by the cathedral.

What does everyone think of the new google family? (Faaam'ly, if you are in Eastenders). I like gmail - love the way it stacks your messages and replies up together. Really enjoyed trying out the Chat thing with Bill, you can see when the other person is replying and it is much quicker than email for a quick exchange of ideas (or gossip)- just like a conversation, but online! (making it cool). This is why it's important that everyone joins us at the bar this week, so we dont lose the art of spoken communication.

I like the Documents section, because it is clear. Everything is listed in one place, so you know where to find something. You can see which people have access to which documents, and it shows you the last person to update a document. You can sort the documents into folders.

I think that this would be useful for my Department, as we have lots of documents that everyone needs to read and refer to and perhaps update. It would be good if there was just one place where they could go to see everything. This would save emailing documents to people. I can never find emails quickly.

This could also be useful for students - we could put all their forms, or course handouts in one place. Would it be easy to give shared access to one place for so many students?