My colleague Matthew Lynn has been writing in the Spectator how Google has peaked and it’s only downhill from here on.

Matthew may be right about the stock market valuation - it’s rated on the basis that it’s going to keep on growing exponentially - but as far as my own online life is concerned, I use Google more and more.

Google documents (which Matthew and I use all the time to collaborate) has replaced Word for me, and is starting to edge Excel out of my life. It means I can easily switch computers - for instance borrow a laptop - and still have all my work to hand.

I was probably the last blogger on the planet to start using Google Mail, but I can’t imagine how I got on without it. It has the best spam filter of any emailer that I’ve ever used, and organises correspondence brilliantly.

And now the latest version of Google Reader might well tempt me away from my beloved Bloglines. It has a temptingly clean interface. I won’t rave about it yet, as I’ve only just started using it - but it’s certainly worth a try.