I was reading WIRED magazine's article on FREE (Why it's the Future of Business) and it talks about one of my favorite FREE companies in the wide world web: Google.
Google has been giving away a tonne of free stuff in the past years, starting with well, search engines, which should be free, but also free email (Gmail), picture sharing (Picasa) and document editing (Google Docs). I have to say, that two out of these three applications (Gmail and Google Docs) have changed my life! Gmail is so incredibly amazing, that I no longer use my domain email (patty@offthepagephotography.com), I just forward it to my Gmail. The spam filters are amazing, the archiving capability allows me to receive some junk mail that I need to receive but don't always want to read it as soon as it comes in, so I just archive it, skipping the inbox (wow, I'm a geek!!!). I also love how I don't have to delete anything ever, and I can search for old emails using a keyword in 0.2 seconds flat!
The best though is Google Docs! If you haven't used it, you HAVE to try them! Who needs Microsoft!!!! I can create Word Documents, Excel Spreadsheets and Powerpoint Presentations without ever having to purchase anything at all from Microsoft! They have such cool features, like Real Time document sharing, where two people can look (and edit) a document at the same time, and even form filling! You create this form on the Excel Spreadsheet (more instructions) and then you invite people to fill the form and it automatically fills one of your spreadsheets (IN REAL TIME!). Here's an example: Click here and fill out my form.
Now, the real reason I wanted to write this post, is because I saw this video on how Google has a 1-800 number now for 411 info! Yes, free! You can call from your cell phone and get 411 info for free!!!! Or from any number. Seriously, telus, watch out!!!
Here's the video, enjoy!
Oh and by the way, thank you Google!!!
And in the spirit of free, I'll give Free thank you cards to the first person who books me for their wedding and mentions this Blog Entry! Call me at 204-334-4871 to book your appointment.
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Thank you! I did not know about the Google Docs. Very handy indeed!
Thanks for the tips! Wish I knew about this before I bought a 2 year flikr account!
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