Writing online, quickly and simply 
What happens if you’re not anywhere near your computer and need to write something — an article, a note, some copy, or anything else? You can turn to one of the number online word processors, of course. There are some really powerful ones, including Google Docs & Spreadsheet and Zoho Writer. Those are great applications, but if you just need to quickly get your words down, then urn to Writeboard.
Writeboard is an incredibly simple and low-fat way to quickly write. You simply go to the Writeboard Web site, enter a name for your document and give it a password. Then, enter your email address so the site can send you the URL to access your document.
Writeboard is a simple text entry system, sort of like a text editor crossed with a wiki. You can’t do much formatting in a Writeboard, just some basic character formatting, lists, and tables. Here’s what a Writeboard document looks like while it’s being edited:
Writeboard does save previous versions of a document, though. This enables you to not only track your changes, but also roll back to previous versions if necessary. On top of that, you can add comments to a Writeboard document.
On top of that, you can share your Writeboard document with someone else — say, a collaborator or an editor. If you need to, you can save a Writeboard document as an HTML or a text file. Or, you can copy and paste from your Web browser to a word processor document.
Writeboard is a simple and quick way to write. You don’t get the power and flexibility of a word processor. But writing — especially a preparing a draft — isn’t about formatting and using the bells and whistles. It’s about getting information onto a page or screen for later polishing. And Writeboard does that job beautifully.
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[...] What if you don’t want to install any extra software on your computer? Just turn to the Web, specifically Writeboard. Writeboard is a simple text entry system, sort of like a text editor crossed with a wiki. You can’t do much formatting in a Writeboard, just some basic character formatting, lists, and tables. It does track revisions, though. But like JDarkRoom, Writeboard doesn’t save in a word processor format, just text and HTML. I wrote about Writeboard a while back, and you can read about it here. [...]