Thread by @JackalBruit

Pro #tip

Get a Google acct (aka a gmail) (if possible)

W/ ur new Google acct, explore all the wonderful FREE services & products that u get access to all for the low low cost of Google knowing ALL ur data (so do not share anything private w/ the Google)

Specifically :
A) Sheets
B) Docs
C) Photos
D) Drive
E) Slides
F) Forms
G) Colab

A) Google Sheets

The much better Microsoft Excel

Used to make & edit :
- spreadsheets
- CSV (comma-separated value) files

B) Google Docs (short for documents)

The much Microsoft Word

Used to make :
- txt files
- *.docx files
- *.pdf files

Minus PDFs, the above are also editable in Google Docs

C) Google Photos

I assume this 1's self explanatory,
But pls feel free to ask for more dets (dets := details)

Highly rec (rec := recommend) syncing ur phones hard drive photo gallery to ur Google Photos acct in order to clear off any photos u do not need immediate access to

D) Google Drive

Similar to Drop Box

Essentially an FTP site but also a central hub to display all of ur Google Files (from Sheets, Docs, etc) in 1 convenient location

E) Google Slides

The much better Microsoft PowerPoint

Slides is a web app used to create presentation aids, also commonly called power points or slide decks

Unless u foresee having to give a public talk, u could forego poking around with this 1😆

F) Google Forms

A web app to create surveys & quizzes

Great study aid

Very useful to perform market research thru surveys

Easy to navigate & small barrier to entry ... But would not call it "intuitive"

G) Google Colab

If u code AT ALL ... U would greatly benefit from learning the basics of Colab

Tis a web app to execute various programming langs

To date, I have merely run Python with it

& on that alone, highly rec it!

Pls comment below $this tweet if i missed any other superb Google web apps that are making the web a better place😎😁

Now to support my claim WHY Google's suite of web apps is much better than Microsoft' Office Suite :

Microsoft's costs $
But Google's costs access to my data

Note : i have complete control over what data i provide to the Google

Thus, my $ are more valuable to me than my data

2nd supporting evidence Google Suite > Microsoft Office :

Google has been designed from day1 to be web based and liquid in terms of collaboration

Microsoft was designed to be closed circuit within a person or business's env

As for me & my purposes,
I wish to make colabing easy

H) Gmail

Haha wow almost hard to believe I forgot $this web app🤦🏼‍♂️

Admittedly i have not tried many other email pkgs, but gmail has still always come out as my fav against the few competitors I've used

H) Gmail