Wednesday, 10 June 2020

Opportunities offered through Google services

Up until today I think my most frequently used tools are provided by Google. Especially if I am doing collaborative work with other researchers. The tool suite containing  Google Drive, Docs Slides, Forms and much more covers a wide range of tasks.
To give you an example of the possibilities. that are provided by the tools I have created a simple form: https://forms.gle/ys7sgAmebsEKpt3D8

What I also like about the tools is, that Google provides comparably big storage for free (in comparison to other cloud storages). As you can see in the Screenshot I have not even used half of my storage in the last couple of years:
What I can especially recommend is to install Google Drive on the local computer and synch the data automatically with the cloud to prevent a data loss. For example, I always synchronize my literature collection to prevent data loss. Zotero the literature management program I am using is automatically copied into my drive, which you can see in the screenshot below: 
I hope you liked the insight into the tools that I am using for my daily work.



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