Comments on: Office 2.0 on Overdrive http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/ New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Michael Meiser http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-9875 Michael Meiser Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:21:42 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-9875 Just reading about here. Another thing I haven't seen ou miss is that so called web2.0 services and "office 2.0" services are doing is democratizing innovation. They're quickly making everything from communications toools like IM and email and even VOIP available all over the world regardless of class, or computing power (just as long as you have net connectivity.) This is to say we're democratizing the very tools which are so important to our productivity in life, STARTING with those that are most important to us. However this must be considered in such perspectives... for it sheds some light on some of the core danger of a world dependend apon webservices. There will come a point where we'll need to regain balance between the desktop application and webservice. Not just because there are times when we are offline... but when you think about the digital divide because of things like censorship. For example the "great firewall of china". This doesn't threaten the success of these webservices... but it does threaten to create huge pockets of darkness where innocation cannot flow. The antidote therefore... and there are many antidotes to geting around such firewalls... but the biggest antidote to all this is in open source applicatios. Strong webservices with well thought out and integrated open source desktop applications. Certainly google is thinking about this right!? They must realize that they need to make standards around gmails interaction with desktop mail applications so open source innovators can bring labels and calendars to the desktop, the PDA, and wherever else they may. Gmail and it's many attached webservices should drive innovation and sales in harware and software... and it would be to the huge benifit not the detriment of google. Interaction models between gmail need to continue to be transaction based... like pop. I should be able to be offline in Timbuktu and not only to read and reply to my email but flip through and make changes to my calendar which will then sync the next time I connect. There are so many great pro's to office 2.0... but connectivity can never be ensured... to rest soley on 2.0 would be a mistake. Surely you've in your travels run into this? How do you cope when you're off the grid? Just reading about here. Another thing I haven’t seen ou miss is that so called web2.0 services and “office 2.0″ services are doing is democratizing innovation.

They’re quickly making everything from communications toools like IM and email and even VOIP available all over the world regardless of class, or computing power (just as long as you have net connectivity.) This is to say we’re democratizing the very tools which are so important to our productivity in life, STARTING with those that are most important to us.

However this must be considered in such perspectives… for it sheds some light on some of the core danger of a world dependend apon webservices. There will come a point where we’ll need to regain balance between the desktop application and webservice. Not just because there are times when we are offline… but when you think about the digital divide because of things like censorship. For example the “great firewall of china”. This doesn’t threaten the success of these webservices… but it does threaten to create huge pockets of darkness where innocation cannot flow.

The antidote therefore… and there are many antidotes to geting around such firewalls… but the biggest antidote to all this is in open source applicatios. Strong webservices with well thought out and integrated open source desktop applications.

Certainly google is thinking about this right!? They must realize that they need to make standards around gmails interaction with desktop mail applications so open source innovators can bring labels and calendars to the desktop, the PDA, and wherever else they may. Gmail and it’s many attached webservices should drive innovation and sales in harware and software… and it would be to the huge benifit not the detriment of google. Interaction models between gmail need to continue to be transaction based… like pop. I should be able to be offline in Timbuktu and not only to read and reply to my email but flip through and make changes to my calendar which will then sync the next time I connect.

There are so many great pro’s to office 2.0… but connectivity can never be ensured… to rest soley on 2.0 would be a mistake. Surely you’ve in your travels run into this? How do you cope when you’re off the grid?

]]> By: Jeremy Scott-Joynt http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1327 Jeremy Scott-Joynt Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:22:51 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1327 I should also point out what, from my perspective, is a knock-down sign that something has the potential for reaching tipping point: in gCal's case, my partner -- who has resisted 30boxes and numerous others -- has embraced Google's version to the point where she started inviting me to stuff even before I'd got to grips with that bit of Google's function set. Although I noticed that 30boxes has just started right-clicks to edit. With luck, the feature wars start here... I should also point out what, from my perspective, is a knock-down sign that something has the potential for reaching tipping point: in gCal’s case, my partner — who has resisted 30boxes and numerous others — has embraced Google’s version to the point where she started inviting me to stuff even before I’d got to grips with that bit of Google’s function set.

Although I noticed that 30boxes has just started right-clicks to edit.

With luck, the feature wars start here…

]]> By: Jeremy Scott-Joynt http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1258 Jeremy Scott-Joynt Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:27:20 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1258 With reference to Google Calendar on the Mac: it works fine on Camino, which is a great deal faster and smoother than Firefox (and, some say, than Safari). With reference to Google Calendar on the Mac: it works fine on Camino, which is a great deal faster and smoother than Firefox (and, some say, than Safari).

]]> By: David Lee http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1236 David Lee Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:14:28 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1236 I think you may look at <a href="http://www.editgrid.com">EditGrid</a> for online spreadsheet. We launched our public beta in early April and our next release with even better usability will be out this coming Friday. I think you may look at EditGrid for online spreadsheet. We launched our public beta in early April and our next release with even better usability will be out this coming Friday.

]]> By: Easton Ellsworth http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1234 Easton Ellsworth Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:33:26 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1234 And Google has bought the excellent Web 2.0 word processor Writely, which I love. Another strong arrow in "Google's Office" quiver. And Google has bought the excellent Web 2.0 word processor Writely, which I love. Another strong arrow in “Google’s Office” quiver.

]]> By: Marc Orchant http://itredux.com/2006/04/13/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1232 Marc Orchant Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:11:50 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/04/14/office-20-on-overdrive/#comment-1232 [...] Ismael Ghalimi has assembled a comprehensive, well-written body of content about Office 2.0 on his IT Redux blog. In his most recent post, he touches on a topic I've brought up in a few recent posts - the rough state of affairs in some recent online application offerings. More interesting is the observation he makes that the switching costs inherent in these applications is exceedingly low and people seem to be hopping from one shiny new bauble to the next as quickly as they're made available. [...] […] Ismael Ghalimi has assembled a comprehensive, well-written body of content about Office 2.0 on his IT Redux blog. In his most recent post, he touches on a topic I’ve brought up in a few recent posts - the rough state of affairs in some recent online application offerings. More interesting is the observation he makes that the switching costs inherent in these applications is exceedingly low and people seem to be hopping from one shiny new bauble to the next as quickly as they’re made available. […]

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