What it means to "collaborate"

I've been surfing the net for interesting stuff when i have down time at work and i can say that i have come across some really interesting stuff, and i have poked my head into the empire named google.

Hearing that google has been making alot of acquisitions like YouTube and Writely to name a few, i decided to check out what google has added to its plethora of services. After seeing the long list of services that "wowed" me, i decided to check out and tour a few of them. I'm pretty impressed with the work they have done to cover their bases in the new world of Web2.0.

I'm currently using their RSS feed reader, Gmail, Docs & Spreadsheets, Blogger, and their Blogsearch engine from time to time. Frankly i'm happy the way i can combine the uses of these applications. Here are some of the collaborations of the applications i have been using:

1. RSS feed reader with the Blogsearch engine - I use the feed reader to watch for new postings that Blogsearch will find. I just used blogsearch to find the specific topic i want and then i subscribed to the search feed. So every time a blog posts an entry matching the specific topic i entered in blogsearch im notified of its existence through the feed reader. Pretty niffty tool so you dont have to go to blogsearch everytime to check for any new entries.

2. Docs & Spreadsheets with Blogger - Im currently Docs & Spreadsheets to type up my posts for my blog and publish them to my blog in the docs & spreadsheet's publish menu. I believe the interface of docs & spreadsheets is a lot easier to use and navigate in than the post editor provided by blogger. As one example, it is easier to insert images to your posts through docs & spreadsheets than through the post editor in blogger.

3. Blogger with Multiply - Cross-posting is the best! Utilizing the blogging power of blogger and the marketing reach of multiply, ensures you that your thoughts are read.

I'm sure there are alot more application collaborations between and among google products and other applications (whether web based or not) that i have still to discover and find a use for.

I believe that the best part of this application collaboration is that its FREE!! the applications are FREE and so the collaboration!

What other application collaboration have you guys been using?