Basically, he says the "word processor" is not geared to help the workflow of writing. I agree.
When I was a journalist, I would take notes in one or more files. When I was ready to write the story, I'd put the notes in one window and the story in the another and go back and forth. Only my filename conventions told me which notes went with which stories.
I imagine lots of people do similar things - students researching for papers, etc. It would be nice to have a file format that encapsulates notes and finished story/paper, and a program that easily lets you tab between notes and work things into the finished product as you go. If you needed to share the file, you could export just the finished thing.
In other ways, like making side notes and sharing and collaboratively editing, Google Docs really is doing novel things with "word processing." Which is one reason why it's putting some pressure on MS Office.
When I was a journalist, I would take notes in one or more files. When I was ready to write the story, I'd put the notes in one window and the story in the another and go back and forth. Only my filename conventions told me which notes went with which stories.
I imagine lots of people do similar things - students researching for papers, etc. It would be nice to have a file format that encapsulates notes and finished story/paper, and a program that easily lets you tab between notes and work things into the finished product as you go. If you needed to share the file, you could export just the finished thing.
In other ways, like making side notes and sharing and collaboratively editing, Google Docs really is doing novel things with "word processing." Which is one reason why it's putting some pressure on MS Office.