Technology. Without Error

TypeWith.me which is based on the powerful etherpad engine brings in Real time collaborative editing for your documents. Just open your browser and point it to Typewith.me. Typewith.me lets you have an IM conversation to make sure that everything you type isn’t on the document. And the best part is, no signup required! When you’re done with the document, just hit the export/import button and you get your document in the file format that you like.

Google documents does pretty much the same thing. But with Type.me, its a lot more minimalistic. Its for those quick brainstorming sessions and the instant document editing that you and your friends need. Type.me even lets you import your existing documents so you can work on them.

All your changes are saved on a timeline which lets you go back to any version of the document. Every edit is color coded for easy identification. Real time document editing with friends was never this simple!

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Google themes now..before that we had google labs which brought into gmail a plethora of features mostly useless..first it was gmail, then it became gmail with chat, then support for new smileys..now it chat with video support..

All because Gmail became too fat!

Isn’t gmail becoming too bloated with features, though definitely most of them useful nevertheless..

Even worse is all those new smileys and video chat doesn’t even find support on the gtalk application..I wish they would have focused on the gtalk application when trying to improve the chat experience..Now what do we have? support for these smileys over mail…yeah! great…and of course I really need voicemail when I am dealing with a mail application…honestly…This is not just with the Gmail but also the same with all their other applications….Take a look at google chrome, I already have firefox (thank you!).. But first it was orkut and now even youtube asks you whether you would like to try google chrome…maybe just so that you could feed it doughnuts! Maybe I am indulging in too much of google bashing, but then I prefer the good old days of gmail when mail was good…and it was just mail with no webclips (don’t I already use your google reader?)…And I almost forgot AIM integration for chat,  which brought in my feeds, no math to work out when you send out mails at night and lots of other silly lab features…

I wouldn’t say that there hasn’t been features on the useful side, IMAP is a great feature to add on to any mail service. I love the space in my box definitely, after all “Who needs to delete when you have over 2000 MB of storage” , the awesome feature of labelling mails, starring important ones, the ability to create instant filters and 100s of other small bits which make my mailing experience pleasurable everyday….

True, gmail has been changed email as we know it..and I have forgotten what mail was, before gmail..but I wish gmail would focus on gmail…the gmail app on my mobile and lots of other things which I haven’t even thought about..but then, that’s what the google team’s job is..I guess, I haven’t even sent a mail from my gmail account in the past few months…so to tell you the truth, I use the chat more than the mail

Ah! here is something..Something drastically new from the Google stables. I love Lively. I presume it was some poor startup acquired and made a part of Google labs (If this statement is wrong, feel free to correct me)

Lively’s description says “Create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms which you design”

Google lively is a mini secondlife clone. where you can create your 3d avatars, interact in real time in interesting rooms which are filled with avatars. Lively allows you to download its client software which allows you to login to lively (for which you use your google id.) But all the action happens inside your browser window (currently it supports IE and firefox) . Select a name for your avatar and your appearance. Select a room to go and you are all ready to mingle in the 3d world. Clicking on a place in the 3d dimension, takes u there instantly. clicking and dragging your avatar moves you around. chatting works great, the animations are slick and smooth, but the load times are a pain. a few screenshots of how the world looks anyway.

But be warned that lively is still in beta and still inside Google labs and you are likely to face lot many issues, many of which I have already faced. So if at all there is something you would like help on, ask me and if I have come across the issue, I would be more than happy to help. I love lively, Google’s very own second life.

Do give it a try here. And don’t forget to leave your comments down here.

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