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Google presentations wants to be your slide making tool of choice

I have been operating under this premise for about a year now:

It may take a while for users to adjust to this new collaborative way of doing things, but eventually they will and the benefits will begin to be realized.

Do you agree with the concept that collaboration, like it is stressed by Google Apps, is eventually going to be commonplace?

It really depends on the team and the nature of the presentation. Sometimes collaboration is a good thing as it involves the whole team and you are sure that what is most important to each person is will get it's opportunity in the spotlight.

On the other hand one may run into the too many cooks in the kitchen syndrome.

But the one big advantage of Google's solution was nowhere mentioned in the article: availability. Rather than bringing your presentation on a USB drive and wondering if the venue supports your version of PowerPoint, or the fonts you've used are installed, with Google Presentations, as long as the presentation PC has internet access, you have a workable presentation.

Maybe I've missed something here but what I just read sounded more like a Google advertorial than a useful blog. Unless Mr. Kaelin or Tech Republic has a vested interest in Google, why would he or the organization care whether I used PP or GD? I can understand collaboration on a business plan or collaboration on a corporate approach but collaborating on a presentation to present that plan? No thanks.I'll choose my own fonts, music and photos, thank you.