Google Docs

Google Docs is a free tool for document creating and editing and many more. It supports collaboration with other users and all the document handling can be done online. Documents are saved to Google's own servers and that way the documents are always accessible in the web interface. Documents can be edited and opened by many users at the same time. Besides online, documents can also be saved to users own computer in variety of formats. It is also possible to import documents to Google Docs. There is also a mobile application available.

If we look at Grudin's Time Space Matrix I think that Google Docs would fit in every category. Of course computer or phone and internet access are needed, but using Google Docs isn't dependable on time or place. 

I haven't used Google Docs many times, but in one school project it was very useful since we weren't able to meet with our group so often. We used Google docs in writing different documents and sharing pictures of user interfaces that we had drawn. It was useful that there was no need to send edited documents by email and it was easier to manage different versions. What are your experiences about Google Docs?

References:

Jonathan Grudin, CSCW: History and Focus, IEEE Computer 27, 5, 19-26. DOI

Google 2011. Google Docs Tour. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html