Google's shopping trip through the Web 2.0 start-up market continued with the purchase of Wiki maker Jot.com. In the scheme of things, it's chump change for Google but it does put the spotlight back on Google's online application suite, which will come as little surprise to anyone when it's eventually launched one day. Jot.com is a nice addition because it brings a collaboration tool into the mix. The purchase got me thinking about what people are currently doing to cobble together an online office suite. Since I started working from home (and I can't be too effusive about not having to commute anymore!), I've really got into Web-based tools. This includes Skype, Google Talk, Writely, Yahoo Mail, PBWiki, along with Flock and Firefox. I'd be curious to see what other tools are people are using. Tags: Google, M&A
A couple I use all of the time…
Google calendars – Creating a shared calendar with co-workers makes it easy to book meetings with people you’re working with.
Omnidrive – It’s basically a one-gig web drive that you can map to your PC like a network. You can share the drive with other Omnidrive members, which makes it easy to collaborate on big files. Omni are in beta testing at the moment. Their beta product is good but apparently the next release will be a big improvement (scheduled for November 11).