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August 18, 2006

Steven Matthews

Writely Once Again

Looks like Google has finally opened the doors to new Writely accounts.

[Hat tip to Grace]

Steve Matthews is the Founder of Stem Legal, a company that helps organizations in the legal industry to gain greater web visibility.
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5 Comments on “Writely Once Again”

  1. Connie Crosby says:
    August 18, 2006 at 3:16 pm

    Brilliant. It just happened this week–I was using it Sunday and it still wasn't available for mass consumption. I note it is still in beta.

  2. Steven Matthews says:
    August 18, 2006 at 3:19 pm

    Aren't all G. products?

  3. campbell says:
    August 18, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    I would caution using this for confidential documents just yet until the assurances about security can be verified – I looked and can't find any site that does this one the web, and it doesn't appear to be on any of the Canadian law society/bar websites. It would still I think be best to encrypt the documents and use digital signatures.

  4. Dominic Jaar says:
    August 19, 2006 at 7:30 am

    While Writely was closed, I used Zohowriter which I thought was excellent. I even wrote a text regarding Web 2.0 in collaboration with Patrick Cormier. It is an excellent tool and Zoho offers a complete suite of tools!!

    Regarding the security issue raised by campbell, Writely states that:

    "How secure are my documents?

    Very! We take security very seriously. A layered security architecture ensures that only people you authorize can view or modify a document."

    Given that the deep pocket behind Writely is Google, I suspect it is indeed "very secure"… However, IF you review the terms of use, you'll realise that, in the waiver, you agreed that:

    "YOUR USE OF GOOGLE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. (…)", bla bla bla

    but more precisely that:

    "GOOGLE AND PARTNERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT (…) GOOGLE SERVICES WILL BE (…) SECURE, (…)"!!!

    I have no doubt ;-) about the legality of such a clause given the representations made…

  5. Connie Crosby says:
    August 20, 2006 at 12:15 am

    I use it for professional development writing and collaborative projects rather than client-related work. To be honest, I would also avoid email and cell phones for most client work. But people don't seem too worried about that these days.

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