Comments on 22 Michaels: Google products we use

I've read good things about Socialwok but have...

2010-02-22T17:52:02.405+11:00

I've read good things about Socialwok but haven't got around to trying them out. I'll have to do that, thanks for sharing!

Checkout Socialwok for Google Apps. Its FB like fe...

2010-02-22T14:00:52.327+11:00

Checkout Socialwok for Google Apps. Its FB like feed based private collaboration. Share GDocs, GCal Events, etc with your workgroup.

http://www.socialwok.com

Hi Michael - that's really odd. I can happily ...

2010-02-12T08:10:58.590+11:00

Hi Michael - that's really odd. I can happily say none of those issues have ever happened to us. It sounds like another possible explanation is that the applications are having difficulty talking back to the server. Do you ever experience any other flakiness with other websites? It just seems very odd. The Google products are reliable for us 99.9999% of the time - so it is weird that you keep experiencing these issues. If you have paid Google for accounts, you should try contacting their customer support. Good luck!

I started introduced google calendar and documents...

2010-02-11T23:27:30.789+11:00

I started introduced google calendar and documents to my organisation about a year ago. At first it worked well, but sometime last year things started to go wrong. Calendar will not let us go more than a couple of months ahead. Documents are doing weird things now like refusing to print, not saving data correctly. I've had problems with Google sites as well. The editor just keeps timing out. I am phasing usage out now. We will have to setup a server or something.

I use a lot of the above products too. prolly don&...

2010-02-08T17:16:44.449+11:00

I use a lot of the above products too. prolly don't use search as much as you guys, and sketchup.

I also use a bunch of other google products but not in a business sense.

Hi Daniel, good thoughts. The Great Firewall of Ch...

2010-02-08T14:02:29.242+11:00

Hi Daniel, good thoughts. The Great Firewall of China is about the only bummer with using Google's products. We seem to be ok with Google Docs but Google Spreadsheets seems to get blocked a little too often so we've reverted back to a standard spreadsheet saved in Dropbox for the spreadsheets we share with Vanessa. It's not ideal but it works ok.

I've not played around with Flickr too much but I hear good things.

As for the data being protected, we're confident enough in that to run our whole business on these products. Google's servers are a hell of a lot safer than our laptops or running our own servers. :)

Good list..!! I use pretty much the same. Everyth...

2010-02-08T13:52:07.251+11:00

Good list..!!

I use pretty much the same. Everything is so much easier when its all online and accessable 24/7 anywhere in the world (except maybe China LOL!).

I only recently moved ALL of my contacts / calendars / to do list / etc to Gmail. I have had so many crashes and lost data. So, this time, I'm relying on Google's servers to protect my data.

Its secure and protected, right....? ;P

I use Flickr for the images on my blog. I use the Advanced Search function to only search by Common Creative Licence photos.

That way, I can use it and all I have to do is credit it using a HTML code on the bottom right of the page.

Very useful!

2010-02-06T06:22:06.802+11:00

Very useful!