Slashdot pointed to this great article on the changing nature of web publishing.

Essentially, we’re moving from a static web world, where pages are written offline and uploaded to a server, to one where web sites are managed by content management systems like Drupal or Joomla (or WordPress, like this one is).

Take away: if you’re thinking about buying Dreamweaver or upgrading to the latest version, save your money and grab a free CMS instead.

I’ve been primarily using Google Docs for my online word processing and sharing, but have been keeping a close eye on ZOHO.

With the launch of ZOHO Writer 2, it looks like it is now time to revisit this software.

The new interface has a tabbed toolbar very reminiscent of Office 2007. It is quite intuitive and easy to use. It has all of the other features you’d expect from an online word processor, including sharing and collaborating, import/export, and offline support.

There are a few major players in this market now, between Google Docs, Adobe, Microsoft and others and the feature sets are largely the same.

In many ways, it will come down to your personal preference for the interface design, and what you and your primary collaborators are most comfortable with. As much as I like the new ZOHO Writer, it will take a lot to get me to stop using Google Docs, move all of my existing files from Google Docs to ZOHO, and have all of my collaborators do the same

If I was just starting out though, I’d give ZOHO some serious consideration.

ZOHO also has a huge suite of free or affordable tools (see the toolkit), and I have been paying for a ZOHO Invoice account for several months now — it is simple, easy to use, but has all of the features I need. ZOHO Meeting has also been my main tool for online desktop sharing, but with the introduction of pricing for anything over one-to-one sharing, I’m in the market for something new (and free). More on this later.

I’ve been keeping track of my schedule with Google Calendar (see the Toolkit) for a few years now, and really like it. I’ve been caught a couple of times, however, without (*gasp*) Internet access and needing to know where I’m supposed to be.

All that has changed now that Google Calendar is now available offline. To enable this feature, simply go to your calendar and click the “offline” link. It’ll ask you to install Google Gears and restart your browser, but after that you are good to go.

Skype for Windows has released the all-new version 4. I just upgraded here, and was a little thrown by the interface changes. Its not that it is worse, it is just different, so will take a bit to get used to. I haven’t used a lot of the video teleconferencing features, but will be trying that out more.

I also heard that Skype is working on a desktop sharing component, which would be a great addition! Let’s keep our eyes open for that.