Well, it’s finally here:
Why do I think this is important? From the “About” page of this blog, from early December of last year:
Web 2.0 is perhaps better called the “read/write web“. It takes web content creation out of the hands of “web masters” and puts it into the hands of web masses. We’ve gone from passive readers of web content to “writers”–in blogs, wikis and Facebook “wall posts”; and on YouTube and podcasts.
Web 2.0’s application to business is very interesting. Recently I built an enterprise wiki for a startup–and understand its revolutionary potential. Inexpensive hosted apps have the potential to boost productivity and collaboration–ripping knowledge out of point-to-point emails and MS Office docs and exposing it around the enterprise, easily found through indexing and tags.
And speaking of bloatware, I have seen the light, and MS Office’s days are doomed. You all know about Google Docs, but just wait until they release (any day now?) a revamped JotSpot as their enterprise wiki offering (for free).
And check out this post of mine from 5 Feb 2008.
Here’s an excellent, as usual, post on Google Sites from Zoli.
I’ll be checking it out over the next few days and posting more here. Stay tuned…
Here’s the email from Google I got last night announcing it:
Date: 28 Feb 2008 18:22:40 -0000
To: dan.carew@kandariver.com
Subject: Try the new Jotspot, Google Sites
From: “The Google Apps Team” <apps-support@google.com>Greetings!
We’re contacting everyone who’s expressed interest in learning of
JotSpot registration re-openings on the JotSpot website. And
today, we’re excited to announce that JotSpot is working on Google
infrastructure and has been re-launched as Google Sites.Google Sites is the latest offering from Google Apps, a suite of
products designed to improve communication and collaboration
amongst employees, students, and groups. Google Sites makes
creating a team web site as easy as editing a document. You can
quickly gather a variety of information in one place — including
videos, calendars, presentations, attachments, and gadgets — and
easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, their
entire organization, or the world.To get started with Google Sites, you’ll first need to sign up for
the Google Apps edition that’s right for you (if you’re not
already a Google Apps user). Start the sign-up process at:http://sites.google.com
Sincerely,
The Google Apps Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
