I've used Google Documents before. It's only beneficial to me when I don't have Microsoft Word, although if I were working on a document with many people it would be beneficial to have them be able to see changes I'm making as I do them. That was great!
There are too many apps to choose from, and they're not all necessary.
I don't believe my gender has made a difference much except that I work harder at knowing the technology because I'm a female in a male dominated field. I work primarily with computers, though I'm a gamer girl as well :)