Thing 9 - online collaboration tools

Having completed my MLIS degree not that long ago, I am reminded of the dreaded group project where members were combined randomly and then had to overcome wide spread locations in order to collaborate on a project. We had Blackboard, which helped with discussions, but we still couldn't all see and edit what each individual was working on unless we met at a central location.

More recently I have used Google docs to work on projects remotely with coworkers. Google docs made collaboration so much easier! We could all view a common document, edit it, see the history of the edits, etc. Our group used both the spreadsheet and the word processing options. While they were not quite as friendly as working with the common programs such as Microsoft Office, it was still a much better experience then what I recall from school. Google docs is just one of many great options now available. If only they had been around when I was in school...