caper_est | Data Just Wanna Be Free (Reply)

Some while ago I whinged about Google Doc's poor compatibility with other applications. I am now delighted to recant. Courtesy of Google's comically-named Data Liberation Front - an engineering team charged with making sure that users can transparently move their data in and out of Google products and services, thereby making them tempting - I've found that the full import-export facilities work seamlessly and well. Bravo! Big cloudy convenience! We'll see how it goes.

For all Google's ongoing Not-Necessarily-Niceness and frequent cluelessness, they remain an uncommonly customer-friendly operation for their size and weight.

Only 260 words this morning as the row begins, but also some enlightenment. It occurred to me last night that I was using one of the great unambiguous heroes of the setting as a mere reactive obstacle, rather than allowing them bold and wise plans which just happen to be going to hell in a handbasket. It's still hard to write this scene - but if I hit it in the gold, it could turn a former Council Scene two chapters ahead into a spectacular moment of awesome for one of my all-time favourite characters.

Sometimes my trouble is concentrating on my protagonists too darn much.