"I said no, no, you're not the one for me" (KT Tunstall; Song: Black Horse and the Cherry Tree; Album: Eye to the Telescope)

ThinkFree Online said that it was java based, in my opinion it needed a large cup of it to speed it up a bit. It took ages to load up and when I finally got to the point of loading up a new document I was then rewarded with an error message. I was trying it out on my laptop at home so I'll try again at work to see if I can get round this problem and test the site out more. In its favour I did like the fact that I didn't need to sign up for yet another account and could log in with my Google one.

I had more success on my work computer and managed to load a new document without any errors. I actually quite liked the word processor on this site, it felt nice and familiar as it was very close to my usual Microsoft Word. What put me off though was the slowness still remained; which is a shame as I did like the look of ThinkFree online and liked what it had to offer. In the future I would stick to Google Docs, but it was good to explore an alternative to this.


Riddle Answers from previous Post:

Sweetcorn

Air

"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere I choose" (The Who; Song: Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere; Album: Only released as a single)

I had no prior experience of Google Documents, so it was nice to find that it was really intuitive and easy to use. I quickly created a new document and sent it to 3 other 23 Things participants at SSL. I then went on to create a form (a really useful Google Documents feature) asking if the people I wanted to share it with could answer 2 riddles (listed at the end of this blog post in case you are interested). I liked how the answers they entered would automatically be entered into a spreadsheet for me to consult, with no work having to be done by me.

I really liked this web 2.0 tool and can see the benefits of being able to access it from any computer that has an internet connection, using as a secure file store, and possibly saving you money when buying a new laptop if you don't want to buy all the usual software you require from Microsoft. It was also a convenient way of sharing documents with people that you could all edit easily. Definitely a web 2.0 tool I would use again.

Riddle Questions:

I throw away the outside and cook the inside, I then eat the outside and throw away the inside, what did I eat?

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

[Answers at the end of my next Blog post.]

P.S. Failed miserably to think of lyrics to a song I liked that would be connected to Google Documents so had to go for a reference to nearing the end of 23 Things. Europe I hasten to add are not one of my favourite bands but the song is fun and I can remember dancing a school discos to it!