This week's Web 2.0 Weekly column is taking a look at a handy tool for creating collaborative documents quickly and easily: EtherPad.  EtherPad is an application that allows multiple users to work on the same text document simultaneously.  This could be used for group projects in or out of class or collaboration with classes around the world.  EtherPad's true power, though, lies in the fact that each author's edits are pushed to all users every half second.  Because of this short update cycle, users' edits will seldom conflict with each other.

Strengths:

• Fast update cycle
• Users' changes designated with colored backgrounds
• Easy …
  
  

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