काही चांगली 'स्थळे' :-) - Collection of Websites

Hi Friends,


This blog was first attempt in the blogging world and I am quite happy with the performance. As a techie, I started with this technical blog and later added another personal blog. But I feel there is no way I can not separate technology from my personal life. 

Hence I am suspending this blog. The blog address and previous posts will remain as it is but new posts will be added on :

Please update your bookmarks/feed subscriptions.


See you there !!!

If you and your friend are working on the same file - a document or an excel sheet say. How you work simultaneousely ? Normal method is to keep mailing each other. What if two people want to update at the same time ?

Do you work on same documents at home and from office using different computers ? Each time you need to take files on pen drive or mail yourself before you leave from one palce to another.

There is a simple solution to save your time. Thanks to cloud computing technology. There is Online Office.

Currently three popular sites are offering it :

Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
Microsoft Office Online - http://workspace.office.live.com/
Zoho - http://www.zoho.com

All three offer similar set of features. Main tools available are docs, excel, ppt. They are not full fledged as your Microsoft Office but they offer lots of features. Microsoft offers uploading of non office files as well where as google provides folders to organize your documents. Zoho is another service having its own plus minus points. Also there is a fascillity of uploading existing files online,.

A main advantage of using online office is its ability to share. Its just click, enter email address and done. Both of you can edit the document almost simultaneously. Also, there is no threat of loosing all your documents if your hard drive crashes some day. Everything rests safely on cloud. Also, you can access them from your mobile as well .. but with very minimal features.

Try it out and if you have some feedback, do share it with providers.

I have started following the blogs from last few months and I realized the power of Web2.0 features. Within a month, I found 121 blogs to follow in various categories like personal, technical, news updates, arts etc which are really worth reading.

Its just not possible to keep track of all the blogs and check them one by one everyday. There are tools like blog subscriptions, RSS feed readers via mail etc. But some of the sites which really fascinated me are - Google Reader , Bloglines and firefox extensions for RSS . These tools are really helpful to manage your inventory and keep you updated. Each site has its own advantages and disadvantages; I request you too try all and go with the one you like. Google reader and Bloglines are online sites where extensions are local to firefox (although they access internet to check blog updates). If your blogs are very frequently updated then google reader is the best choice as it indexes them very fast. If you want to do updates checking part in background, go for firefox extensions like sage-too , Wizz etc. Bloglines is a mid option.

Try it out and let me know your feedback / additions.