this is something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now so here goes. I am putting the enterprise 2.0 question to the real life test. My own test, on my own premises. Reviews or occasional testing is not nearly enough to get what it really means to take your professional life online. It’s living the life that is necessary to tell whether web apps are really a better alternative then the local incumbents.

For the next 3 months, I will be using web applications only to do the following:

1. Email
2. Word processing
3. Spreadsheets
4. Calendar
5. Presentations
6. Blogging
7. Business and Social Networking

Anything derivative is included in the experiment as well (for example thesaurus or graphs). Unfortunately web based IM and VOIP are not good enough yet to be seriously considered. I will make an attempt to migrate there as well, but I can’t promise.

As an internet savvy prosumer, if I can’t survive on online applications alone, then web 2.0 is not ready for the enterprise. If I can, and more importantly if I never look back, then it’s time to consider some serious follow ons.

The rules of the experiment are pretty simple:

1. Timeframe - 3 months.
2. Trial and error - Up to 3 different web applications per use case before eventually sticking with one.
3. Using web applications only, but local storage is permitted.
3. Posting a tracking update every week in Degardener.

Feel free to point at interesting applications beyond the straight forward we all know. Good luck to me. Experiment is on…..now!