When I heard news that Google was to release a spreadsheet companion to their freshly bought Writely web-based word processing app, I got excited about all the things they could do to make it more than just a copy of Numsum. Let’s face it, Google’s the Gorilla in the room here and they’re gonna squash [...]
Posted June 8, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: google, google spreadsheets, office application, office software, spreadsheet, spreadsheet 2.0, url-addressable, web 2.0, web application, web20, webapp. 8 Comments.
I won’t link to The New York Times anymore, but when Ross Mayfield quotes them, I don’t have to.
The story is that life is full of interruptions. The typical office environment today apparently allows workers “only 11 minutes on any given project before being interrupted and whisked off to do something else.” Worse, “each 11-minute [...]
Posted October 27, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: communication, economics, interruptions, mail messages, office environment, ross mayfield, social networking, social software, spreadsheet, typical office employee. 6 Comments.
