Google Documents now asks if you want to preview its new form, Google Drive. The biggest upgrade is the addition of the Google Drive desktop application. Once installed, it syncs files between your Google Drive account online and a folder on your desktop. This works much like Dropbox. I find the feature unnecessary. Everything I have wanted Google Documents for, I accomplish online. I do not need those files saved to my computer. I trust the cloud. When I sync something in Dropbox (which I haven’t done in a long while), I am tucking away a copy of my work in a virtual safety deposit box. Or I am passing the ball to my virtual self, to pass back to me when I am on another device. Google Documents are already exactly where they need to be. And if you really want to, your files are available to download to your computer, as they always have been. And personally, I don’t have room in my online life for any more background downloading and uploading. I have videos to stream and podcasts to download. I have content to upload to my website.

While exploring Google Drive, I had a wonderful time creating my first Sketch document. I was surprised to find tools more akin to a page making program like InDesign than a drawing program. This I enjoyed because I am great at InDesign and terrible at drawing. I was able to quickly make some new page concepts for Fli8ht, from which I can model actual site pages using Dreamweaver. The quick, small files you can create in Sketch are perfect for an impulsive designer.