Well, I have been exploring some of the web-based productivity applications. At first I thought why would I use these features, if I had Microsoft office. Then I read a little more and realized that you could do a great deal of this work from another location, or if you were doing a group project, it would be easy to collaborate in real time. Both of these applications made sense to me.

I tried to look at Jot Spot- but found that Google had recently bought them, and they were busy upgrading, so I couldn't get a look at that one.

I looked at 30 boxes, and realized I would not like to publish my personal life on line in that format. So, that was a negative one for me.

Zo-ho, Thinkfree, and Google all seemed to offer the same services. Just in a little different format. I think, if I were to subscribe to one of these I would pick Google, mainly so I wouldn't have to have another name and password. It is kind of nice to have all the resources available in one place.

I do have a question about all of this "stuff" (flickr, myspace, wikis,etc.) What is the reward for all of these internet advantages. Do they get a monetary reward by using adds? Do they just do it for fun? What is in it for them???