Over the years, I’ve managed to migrate all of our our operations to “the cloud,”  using web-based applications, as opposed to their desktop elders.

As I’ve written before (and preached to our clients), the benefits are numerous… No more having to maintain hardware and networks, instant sharing and collaboration with team members without needing an infrastructure, and so-forth.

One of the last hurdles (for me) was getting the ease-of-use I wanted, being able to work with what I need to work with, without having everything running as tabs in my browser.

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For months, I’ve been preaching to clients about the benefits of using Google Apps for Your Domain, not the least of which is the Gmail system (which, incidentally, has about the best anti-spam system available).

It’s good to see that I’m not alone. I spotted a good endorsement of the mail component on ReadWriteWeb this morning.

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I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, and it’s great to see so many supported inside Google Apps. If you’re the same, and would rather hit a key than drag the mouse, have a look at the lists of keyboard shortcuts maintained by Google:

• Google Docs (Documents, spreadsheets, and presentations).
• Gmail
• Google Calendar