Proud Geek

[Note: this info is also contained in a page attached to my blog, called Doing everything online - check the right column of my blog under "Pages with more stuff"]

Earlier, I wrote several posts about doing online what you normally would have done via a program on your computer — i.e., word processing, creating spreadsheets and presentations, editing photos, database management, etc. Instead of purchasing, downloading, installing, and / or updating individual programs on your computer (like Microsoft Word and Excel, Adobe Photoshop, etc), you can now go online via your favorite Internet browser and do the same thing. Often for free, and you wouldn’t need to worry about downloading updates for these applications.

Below is a list of online applications that are among my favorite or that I would recommend for common every-day work normally done on the computer. More and more web services are offering similar online applications, and I add / edit this list accordingly.

Communicating:

• Emails: Google Gmail or Fastmail.fm
• Instant messaging: Meebo (combines all the major IM services in one)
  

Documents and office tasks:

• Word processing: Zoho Writer or Google Docs (I prefer Zoho Writer)
• Spreadsheets: Zoho Sheets or Google Docs
• Presentations: Zoho Show
• Project management: Zoho Projects
• Database management: Zoho Creator

Multimedia:

• Photo editing: Picnik
• Converting media to different formats: Zamzar
• Digital scrapbooking: Scrapblog
• Video editing and splicing: Jumpcut
• Website design: Weebly

Other:

• To-do and planning: Zoho Planner or Remember The Milk
• Tax preparation: Turbotax.com