Spread IT

As usual, I am moonlighting in a million directions.

My newest obsession is organizing conferences and think-tanks, topics: Digital Media Careers and Buddhism for Young People.

Trying to collaborate with remote partners when organizing an event usually raises issues regarding efficiency and document sharing.  So, I was happy to try-out the Google Spreadsheet product as a potential solution.

I am using it to compile lists of conference and workshop participants and I need to share the information with about 4 other organizers. 

I created the first draft and Google-Spread sent out invites to any email addy (regardless of Gmail account status) so others could view the spreadsheet via a URL link or edit it in real-time! There is even a "who is viewing" and "chat/IM" feature + that lovely 'autosave' that is crucial when working on content in a webapp.  You need to have IE or the most recent version of FireFox.  So far, a few people have replied that they cannot view it, but I like the product.  It is beautiful.  Once the browser issues are resolved, I think all will agree that the GOOG beast has spawned yet-another-great-product. 

Now I just wonder when they will start posting ads at the top of my spreadsheet...