Yesterday we contacted some of our users to let them know about an issue that affected their Google Docs accounts. We believe the issue affected less than 0.05% of all documents, but, in the interest of transparency, we wanted to share the details mor…
Posted by: Jen Mazzon, Product ManagerI spend a good chunk of time each week combing our Google Docs Help group, where users share questions and information with each other, and with me! (You’ll see me as Google Guide Jenmazz in the group.) The questio…
Posted by: Jen Mazzon, Google Docs Product ManagerThe Valentine’s Day-lovefest dressing on Google Docs gave me an extra spring in my step all day yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the user group comments, blog posts and emails about people’s reac…
Posted by: Steven Saviano, valentine-o-rific Google Docs EngineerDear Google Docs,It’s (almost) Valentine’s Day and I have something to ask you.Lately, I can’t get you out of my mind, let alone off my computer screen. The way you allow me to edit my do…
Posted by: Bob Rose, Google Docs engineerAs a software engineer, sharing and collaborating on Google Docs is something I do all the time. There’s so much to keep track of that I often create documents describing how to do things, best practices, gotcha…
Posted by: Olga Belomestnykh, Docs EngineerHaving read many requests to create sub-folders in Google Docs and having spent many hours building the new feature, I recently found the following note from a fellow Googler on my desk:”Hi Olga: I have been t…
Posted by: Jen We’re winding up our Global Warming Student Speakout project with a full-page ad in USA Today (11/27/06). This project was in many ways an experiment: can hundreds of students of all ages and from all around the world kick out ideas on c…
Posted by: JenA new Google Gadget featuring a short list of your most recently edited documents and spreadsheets has just arrived in the Google Personalized Homepage. Here’s what it looks like: Just the way we like it – simple and to the point. Tha…
Posted by: JenWe just released a couple of new features: Document spellcheck in your language This one has consistently been a top feature request for a looooong time, so we’re really excited to have finished it. The document spellcheck now s…
Posted by: JenAnyone who has ever helped to launch a new beta product knows that the team obsessively seeks out every article or review, wondering, “Will it be a TRICK or a TREAT?” Happily, we got a big treat last week when PC Magazine gave Google Docs…
Posted by: JenWe now have lots of schools participating in our Global Warming Student Speakout from each of the locations listed below. We just extended the deadline for participation to this Friday — November 3rd — and we’re hoping to get participat…
Posted by: JenNovember elections in the U.S. are right around the corner – November 7 is just a few weeks away. One issue that transcends any particular election and any particular country is global warming – it happens to be an issue that Google cares…
Posted by: JenI’m pregnant with twins. Twin boys, that is. At first, I was pretty terrified at the prospect. I’m already a mom – I have a 3 year-old girl at home – so I have an inkling of the sleep deprivation and domestic chaos that awaits me with the…