Thing 7: Online Collaboration Tools Part 2

Blog Prompts:

1. Which of these tools is easier for you to use?
I think I found Zoho a little easier to use, but that could be because Google Docs gave me some trouble editing in the beginning. Eventually it let me work on it. I think anyone who is familiar with PCs won't think anything of it. If you are used to Macs you might have to think a little harder about the verbage (but not that much).

2. How do the features of each compare? Does one have features that would make you choose it over the other?
Honestly they really felt the same to me. One did not stand out over the other. Possibly I did not go far enough to discover everything, but for the basics that I would use it for with my skill level I had no trouble using either one.

3. What would the Founding Fathers think of these tools? Would the final draft of the "Declaration of Independence" have been better had these tools been at their disposal? Hmmm, I wonder...
I'm not sure what they would have thought. I believe they might have used these tools to a certain degree in the beginning stages, but if you were a member of the Second Continental Congress in 1776, you were a rebel and considered a traitor by the King of England. You knew that a reward had been posted for the capture of certain prominent rebel leaders and signing your name to the Declaration meant that you pledged your life, your fortune, and your sacred honor to the cause of freedom. This was not just a business proposal or an office procedural memo. This was life or death. I don't think that the Founding Fathers would have trusted the safety or sanctity of online collaboration. Something is said for working together in person to hold each other to your word and honor.