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I'd like to talk a bit about an awesome service/program known as Dropbox. Dropbox is a great way to share files with people on the internet and it is a great way to back up your data. The best part . . . it is free. Here is how it works:
Go to the dropbox website:
Create an account.
For free you can get two gigabytes worth of storage space. This is equal to about twenty CDs of music or a ton of text files. After downloading and installing the Dropbox application on your pc you will be able to drag and drop your files into your Dropbox. The very first thing you want to do, however is to invite a bunch of other people to try Dropbox because for every person who tries it because you invited them to you get 250 megabytes of space up to eight gigs. How cool is that?
And yet, that is not where the the cool stops. There's more. Dropbox can be used for many different things such as:
1. Collaboration.
If I and a number of others are working on a project together I can create a folder in my Dropbox, invite just those who are working on the project to join the folder and then they and only they have full access to the files in just that folder. They can add files to that folder and change files in that folder.
2. Photo sharing
Want to get a digital pic to someone in another city or across town? Just make a folder that says My awesome pics and move your pics in there. Then share the folder with whoever you like.
3. Crucial document safekeeping
Got some documents you want never to be lost? Scan them into your PC and move them into a folder in your Dropbox. Everything you put into your Dropbox is stored on an offsite server and is safe as houses in case your PC dies or is stolen or is sucked into the Negative Zone.
Give Dropbox a try today and you will be amazed at how versatile this offsite storage solution is.
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