So, here’s another application that has become a must have for me: DropBox.
It creates a DropBox directory and putting files will automatically upload them to a remote server.
Now, there are more than enough online services that do this – what makes DropBox so special?
If you install it on another computer and enter your account info, it will automatically synchronize all those files. So, if I make any changes to a document on my laptop, those changes will be there on my desktop computer as soon as it connect to the Internet.
Now, sure, for an article draft I could just use Google Docs, but with DropBox I can use whatever word processor I choose and the files will be there on any computer I want to access them from.
Plus, saving important files to the directory on my hard drive is easier than remember to do regular back-ups (though, those should be done anyway.)
For free customers, DropBox offers 2 gigabytes of storage space but If you sign up for the service through this referral link, you’ll get an extra 250 megabytes of storage space (and so will I!)
