Google Docs... the way to go!

After I don't remember how many years of being a Microsoft Office junky, I just completed the final step of weaning myself away from the habit. A habit for which I paid a heavy cost every time I migrated laptops not to mention the retail price tag for Microsoft Office...

A few weeks ago, I started using the MS-Word equivalent functionality in Google Docs. I thought to myself "ok, this is cool". But I always knew that power point was the hook that would bring me back to Office. Today, I put together my first 3 page presentation using Google Docs and it was an amazingly positive experience. Sure, it doesn't have animations, but then again, in this age of frugality of ideas, maybe I don't need it.

So I am sold! My migration to Google Docs is complete. A few weeks ago, I migrated all my email (about 65,000), contacts (about 2,000)and calendar to Gmail. The migration was a bit painful because I wanted my archives to be moved as well. Just then, Gmail released IMAP support which made the migration work though labor intensive. It was important to me to maintain the original chronology of the emails, which some solutions that I found wouldn't have done (because they mass forward your old emails to Gmail). Also, I found Labels in Gmail to be very effective for keeping the original folders structure that I had for keeping email organized...

viola! I am OFF Microsoft Office Yo! When a friend recommended Gmail and Google Docs about 6 months, it was unimaginable then...