Sunday, June 14, 2009

Zoho Writer, an Online Productivity Tool

I am angry I am ill and Im as ugly as sin
My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
I know the meaning of life, it doesnt help me a bit
I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it

This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess Im proud as hell of that fact

I know the highest and the best
I accord them all due respect
But the brightest jewel inside of me
Glows with pleasure at my own stupidity

This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess Im proud as hell of that fact....

I used to make phantoms I could later chase
Images of all that could be desired
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings
And then I just got tired

This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess Im proud as hell of that fact

Zoho Writer is the online productivity tool I experimented with for this exercise. I decided to use Zoho Writer as a text editor, then I selected the Share tab before choosing the Post to Blog option. After a couple of attempts (what was my Google Account username and password again?) this worked well. I did find changing text colour cumbersome compared to Microsoft Word but most of the tool icons were immediately recognisable. Due my familiarity with Microsoft Word, and because this software is already available to me, it is the word processing software I prefer. Some of the positives of Zoho Writer include the fact that it's freeware so that can only be a good thing, no software needs to be installed and documents saved online can be accessed anywhere.

The lyrics used in my experimental document above are from an old favourite of mine; "A Song from under the Floorboards" by the early 80's, English band Magazine. It may be of interest that Howard Devoto the lyricist and vocalist of Magazine later worked as a Librarian.

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