Google Docs

With my recent zest to access data from anywhere, the latest desktop application I was looking to replace was the office productivity software, mainly spreadsheets & docs. Obviously, my first choice was to take a look at Google’s product since all I would have to do was to just login & start using it since I already use a few of their services. My impression of Google has always been that they are not as saintly as they sound. Anyways, after working on a few spreadsheets I am really impressed by their product. After using MS Office for a few years the transition was so seamless that for a few moments I even forgot that it was a web based application. It just did what I expected it to do. Being an application developer, it is just amazing to see it all work. So if you are out there looking for online productivity apps, Google docs is definitely worth taking a look at. And of course it is free.

Netvibes

My hop from Feed Reader to Bloglines to follow my feeds from anywhere, hasn’t been satisfactory. Neither their current interface nor the new beta version feel like a better design. Maybe it wasn’t what I was looking for. So after looking at a few other services, now I’ve settled on Netvibes. Although it is not perfect, it is probably what I need. The best thing about it, is the ability to follow updates from all my favorite sites, feeds & email. It also gives me the ability to keep a tab on my TODO’s & other miscellaneous stuff. It is probably similar to iGoogle or MyYahoo but had enough of their stuff. So for now it is Netvibes guys.. Go try it out if you are looking for a similar service.