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Getting Work Done Online - Introduction

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I'm a huge fan of cloud based computing, especially for productivity applications. With the advent of the iCloud Beta, there are now three major players in this space, and I'm going to take some time over the next few weeks to give an overview of each offering.

The three leading companies (in the U.S.) I'll be looking at, are Google, with Google Drive/Apps, Microsoft with SkyDrive/Office365, and Apple with iCloud. Each upcoming piece (hopefully weekly) will focus on one component of their productivity suite (order subject to change):
  • Word processing
  • Spreadsheet
  • Presentation
  • Email
  • Calendar
  • Messaging
Finally, I hope to tie it all together with talking about how the different systems tie themselves together into an ecosystem.

My hope is to also have a guest writer for at least one of these components, lending their expertise. So stick around for the next few weeks as I start a review catalog of how you can best get work done online!
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