Dropbox
Posted November 25th, 2008 @ 07:56pm by Erik J. Barzeski
A long time ago I found Dropbox intriguing. Then I didn't think about it again.
Until I read Michael "Rands" Lopp's post on it, after which I signed up immediately.
I've already found two good uses for it:
- I've put my Scorecard data files on it so that I can have up-to-date files on both computers. Previously I had them stored on my iDisk.
- I created a folder for a project I'm working on with Josh (yeah) so that we could share documents that way rather than emailing them back and forth.
Only one question remains: why the frick couldn't the iDisk work like Dropbox?
Update: Good point by Michael Tsai regarding Dropbox's limitations.
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Posted 26 Nov 2008 at 11:45am #
I'd try putting my Cyndicate data files. Do you see a possible problem with that? I'm currently syncing them with a server using rsync but it's a bit tedious.
Posted 26 Nov 2008 at 12:00pm #
[quote comment="51032"]I'd try putting my Cyndicate data files. Do you see a possible problem with that? I'm currently syncing them with a server using rsync but it's a bit tedious.[/quote]
My Cyndicate database is over 175 MB, so if you check for or delete posts in Cyndicate frequently, the only problem I foresee is that you might be uploading a lot of data far too frequently.
If that's not a concern, go ahead - I don't imagine you'd have a problem. Be aware that the Cyndicate database is actually a bundle containing both posts and ratings data files.
Posted 28 Nov 2008 at 3:34pm #
I actually just installed this last night - finding it pretty excellent. Saw the write-up by Rands afterwards, but that just reaffirmed my feeling that I want to continue using this.
Thanks for the article regarding resource forks - had no idea this was an issue.