My Virtual Storage Introduction!
Posted by Jon Deliz on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 @ 11:00 AM
I don't know how everybody else is doing it, but I always seem to need documents or files that I don't have with me. I'm constantly emailing the same document or file to myself, or worse carrying files on a flash drive that ALWAYS gets lost in the bottom of my bag. Better yet, how about leaving the thumb drive still connected in the computer? I know I'm not the only one that's done that!
One day I read this article about a program called Dropbox,
which had just released an Iphone app, and was free to try. Free is always a good thing, and free here means 2 GB of storage, which is perfect for anything I might currently need. I downloaded the app for my Iphone which means I don't use the my phone's hard drive for storage-another plus. I can install Dropbox on any of my computers or even access it from the web. Since it is in "the cloud", it's backed up automatically and as along as i have an internet connection I have access to whatever files I need. I can also share documents within dropbox by creating a public link. No more emailing, no more using the wrong file because I didn't see that there was another version sitting in my inbox. (sometimes I forget my glasses!)
This is just an example of what Dropbox and virtual storage can do for you. Give it a try and let me know what you think!