Comments on: There’s More to Dropbox Than Piracy

By: James Lee

James Lee — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:28:31 +0000

Also, you mentioned you don’t really use sharing; I hadn’t either, until I recently decided to setup my wife with a Dropbox account.

I have folders for stuff related to our house, our daughter, medical, etc. I shared all those with her, and now we both have access to the same data, regardless of what computer we’re on.

By: James Lee

James Lee — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:23:16 +0000

I just wanted to drop you a note and say thanks for posting this. I read it long ago, and have used it to help convince many of my unix-geek buddies to consider Dropbox. You did a nice job of articulating why it’s better than the various DIY approaches.

I particularly like that it eliminates the need (for me) to remotely access computers, (so I can keep them very locked down) since I have access to my data on any computer/device.

It might be worth also noting how easily it provides access to data using mobile devices. I have yet to see anyone rsyncing with an iPhone…

By: Cote'

Cote' — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:55:29 +0000

Thanks for the write-up. I’m always perplexed by personal file sharing in the cloud thing – like drop.io, dropbox, etc. – and feel like I’m missing why everyone’s so fanatical about it. When I saw the iPhone app link and so many people leaving comments along the lines of “SWEET JESUS! I can’t believe it’s finally here! OMGWTFBBQ!” I got perplexed again. But, having read around and fiddled with a little bit, I kind of understand the excitement more.

I agree with the “see less of dropbox” angle. It’d be nice for it to be integrated into other applications the same way things like InstaPaper, Evernote, Twitter, etc. are – as a sort of application pipe. I have no idea what that looks like, but weird integration pipes among that set of application – info worker 2.0 productivity apps? – seems to always be handy.

By: Dave Raffaele

Dave Raffaele — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:06:20 +0000

Great post Steve. Been using dropbox for a year or so now. I use it between work and home to share music that I find while I am at the office. Here’s a little post that shows how I do it.

http://www.daveraffaele.com/2008/12/how-i-collect-new-music-while-i-work/