I became an Office 2.0 fan, to the extent that I try to replace all applications that I use with their Web variants.

No, I am not talking about the old version of MS product, but of a concept of applying Web 2.0 technologies to office applications which could now be used directly from Web. This is not new but applications becomes better and better and it is possible now to use them more productively.

Having all documents I work on on the Web, together with applications to process them adds to a mobility. It makes possible to create content and edit it later no matter where you are.

The other day I was in a bookshop when I found the book with some information that I might use later. Not the whole book was very good and I was pretty reluctant to buy it. Luckily, there was a PC available to free access. So I logged in to my Zoho office and typed an interesting paragraph from the the book into Writer. When I came home, I had the content available.

It also enables a mobility of ideas, because it is now easier than ever to share ideas and information with others.

Office 2.0 is not limited to applications we consider as a standard package for office worker, like text processor, spreadsheet or presentation software. It includes as well applications that we’re until now not commonly used in the offices, like mind mapping tools, web content management systems, databases and so on.

If you want to know which Office 2.0 applications are there, how people use them and why you should use them, here are three useful resources:

Office 2.0 part of ITRedux site This should be your starting point, since this is THE Office 2.0 resource, from Ismael Ghalimi. Here you can find detailed introductions as well as an extensive applications database.

Office 2.0 Podcast Jam Useful listening. Podcasts from people deeply involved in Web 2.0. Interesting user experiences.

Office 2.0 Conference site contains documents from the conference together with recorded live broadcasts.