Thursday, July 10, 2008

Catch up #1: Tagging & Online Apps & Tools

I have a del.cio.us story: I had just signed up for a del.cio.us account and spent the morning researching an annotated bibliography assignment and a paper. I tagged all kinds of interesting articles, went to work, feeling great about how much I had accomplished and about 4pm I got a tearful phone call from my teenage daughter. She had upset a glass of water into my laptop computer - yes it was fried; but all my work was not lost!!! All my articles were accessible through del.cio.us, needless to say, I am a BIG fan of this tool.

The collaborative features of the online applications (Google Docs & ZoHo Writer) are what appeal to me the most. I have written many presentations and papers as part of a group and tracking which is the most recent version via email attachments is a nightmare; I'm looking forward to putting these tools to work on my next project.

Cheers, Chris