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Aliza's chronicles, part 5: the personal stuff
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Posted by:
Aliza Sherman
, author, speaker, TV and radio producer
In the last installment of her Google Docs chronicles, Aliza Sherman shows us how how Google Docs can be useful beyond the workplace.
Last time
I discussed how I use Google Docs for quick or short-term collaboration and projects. I’d be remiss if I didn’t confess to one more thing.
I have actually been using Docs to track ... the results from each week of
The Bachelor
. I know, I know, this has nothing to do with work, but if anyone is tracking competitive shows like
American Idol
or
The Bachelor
with friends across the country as I am doing, making educated predictions is key. For me, using Google Docs gives me a competitive edge.
To stay on top of the show results, I create a spreadsheet with the first round of winning women who have received a rose from the Bachelor tracking. By each name, I have a space for my vote, a space for who actually gets a rose each show, and then a very important space ... for making snarky notes on the side. Genius!
And since my
Bachelor
docs are not public, here's a taste of those comments, because I know you're dying to know:
"Pretty? Oh my goodness, I think I'm going to throw up."
"Greek, down to earth, he likes her."
"Horse face."
"Love at first site; 'I really want you to know that some people brought their modeling portfolio here.' (catty wench)"
Other possible personal uses for Google Docs:
Collaborating on the family grocery shopping list with my husband
Keeping a running tab of all the books and educational DVDs I'd like to get my toddler, then sharing with friends and family since her birthday is coming up
Keeping a list of anything that I tend to forget. I do have a spiral notebook with my To-Do lists but can I tell you how often I forget to bring it with me every day!
Making notes that are way too short for a document, but you really want to be able to access that information later. I sometimes use my computer's Stickies program, but my desktop is starting to get cluttered. On Google Docs, no clutter and access from anywhere.
All too recently (this past week), I figured out that I can actually save my documents into labeled folders and I can give those labels different colors to designate priority. But of course, you say, that's an obvious feature. Well, I hadn't noticed it before, and I went through my docs and filed them all. I like the way I can also view the files by Documents Owned by Me, Documents Opened by Me, Items Not in Folders or All Items -- it gives me multiple ways of viewing what I have in my Google Docs account.
Extra feature: A little subtle spell-check feature shows a little red line under the questionable word. (I guess I spelled "catty wench" correctly.)
And that, my friends, is how Google Docs is working for me.
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