Dropbox

Ever get sick of carrying around jump drives?  How about when you constantly have to email things to yourself?   I can get tedious!  Believe me, I know!  I have found a solution though!  Dropbox is a free online resource and download-able program that allows you to keep your files on the web where you can get to them whenever you want...even without an Internet connection.  To use Dropbox, simply go to the site, and create an account.  There are several videos and documents that will help you get adjusted to using Dropbox right there for you.  You can then download the Dropbox folder to keep on your desktop.  This feature allows you to access your files without Internet (once the files have synced).

Why would you want to do this again?  What's so bad about a jump drive you ask?  Let me give you a scenario:

You have your computer at school and your computer at home.  To be able to work on documents on both, you have to carry them back and forth on a jump drive, or email them to yourself.  Well, since jump drives are such small devices, who knows what can happen to them!  Washing machine, car tires, Rover, garbage disposal, static electricity, you name it!  When using Dropbox, you can upload a file online at school.  Then, you travel home (where you have downloaded the desktop version of Dropbox).  Your files will be there waiting for you!  Edit them at home, save them, and when you go back to school the next morning, there are your finished files, either online or in the desktop version you have downloaded on your school computer.

For an even better explanation, check out the Dropbox Tour Video

Basically, it's an online storage area.  You can even share files that you want with other Dropbox users!  You get 2GB for free, with room for more space free if you convince a friend (or 12) to sign up! Check it out and you will instantly love this life-saver!