A Wrinkle in Tech

I’m loving Zoho!  Though I’d known about it, I had never ventured into the world of web productivity tools, and I have to say I like it.

I’m thrilled that I have FINALLY found a tech solution for one of my biggest annoyances with open source software…specifically Open Office.  The thing that holds me back from converting to Open Office completely (at work and at home) is the slide designs and templates for PowerPoint.  Yes, I know that’s a very bad reason to keep using a costly proprietary software, but Zoho Show has a solution…the “themes” in Zoho are BEAUTIFUL!!!  Nothing over the top, but enough to make my PowerPoints look a little bit more interesting.  As an added bonus, they even have a half-decent clipart collection all in one place instead of having to search the web for individual clips.  Lovely!  Yes, I’m a bit too excited by this.

Now of course, I have to write about the downside too.  I know they have a great privacy policy and all, but by storing my files on the web, I see a rather LARGE privacy issue here.  I don’t think Zoho or Google Docs will ever completely replace file storage on hard drives, but it is extremely useful for collaborating on documents.  Overall, I think I’ll be very likely to actually use this Web 2.0 technology in my work.