Google Docs
In my job as a management consultant and as a business developer, I write about eight hours a day. Over the past 20 years or so, throughout my educational and professional career, I have used numerous proprietary and open source word processing programs on Microsoft, Apple and Linux platforms. Some of these programs have been good, others not so good. Overall, however, my word processing skills are definitely above average.
Lately I have been using Google Docs for the majority of my word processing and spreadsheet needs. Google did a good job in taking the basic Writely word processing service and made it better.
Google Docs allows me to focus on content first and format second, which at the end of the day, makes for a better deliverable to my prospect or client. I can establish a high-grade encrypted AES 256-bit connection with Google Docs, and I can backup my document by saving the document locally. I have read Google’s usage policies, and although I am confident Google has too much to lose by violating its customer’s trust, I continue to keep highly confidential, proprietary or for official use only (FOUO) content on my local machine.
Irrespective of my machine’s operating system and my geographic location, I have access to my documents with an internet connection and a web browser- productivity is good!
Tags: efficiency, encryption, google docs, jj nathan, productivity
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