I recently discovered a great tool offered by Google.  It's called Google Docs (do a Google search and you'll find it).  It allows you to convert Word and Excel files (and I think some others) instantly to an online readable format.  Then they provide an html link so you can post it anywhere.

I have been gathering/collecting comments and ideas from the participants in Project Blogger (from Active Rain) to review later.  One of my co-workers asked if she could read the file.  I initally tried sending it as an attachment and her email wouldn't take it.  So instead I posted the word file I had been compiling onto Google Docs so that she could read it.

This particular document is not one that I would post to my blog or web site as I did not include the bylines of who wrote what (but there are links all over the place if you want to find out).  I did it more as an example and to simply share a document with my co-worker.  You can check it out here but PLEASE DO NOT LINK to it or I will have to remove it.

http://docs.google.com/View?docID=ddph6vj9_1dw84n8&revision=_latest

I know there must be a million ways I can use this in the future (how about sending a link to a file in your emails instead of having to send an attachment) but I have not applied any of my ideas to date.

I would love to hear some opinions from others as to how this type of service could best be utilized.  I figured that it might be a really easy and quick way to post sales stats and such for my local area but I'm looking for some other BIG IDEAS as to how this tool could be used in our business.

Jay T. and Lonn D...I figured great technical minds like yours might really be able to think of something useful.  Hint...hint!