Tech Tip: DropBox.com is a great tool for virtual teams.
If you find yourself collaborating and sharing files with a small team, check out DropBox.com.
Dropbox is a terrific application and web service that syncs a shared folder of files over the internet to multiple computers. After you install the application on several computers (using the same account), it creates a synced Dropbox folder on each hard drive. Any file you put inside that folder will be synced and available on each computer or through the Dropbox web interface.
Dropbox works on both Mac and Windows. You can get started with 2GB of shared space for free. Or upgrade to 50GB for $9.95/month or 100GB for $19.95.
Source: We use a free 2GB Dropbox account at CreativeTechs for sharing and working on a variety of classroom materials, including the small weekly class icons that we use to promote each week’s class schedule. It’s a handy tool.
November 29th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Great tip!
But you don’t need to log into the same account on all computers, you can share your own folders with other Dropbox account holders by invitation. The shared folder will show up and sync in all of the invitees’ local Dropbox copies.
November 29th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
We use Dropbox at our agency and it has been amazing. Recently we’ve started using it with clients to share final assets, I can see us upgrading to the paid versions very shortly!
November 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Don’t forget the great iPhone app too.
December 28th, 2009 at 10:48 am
We have been using Dropbox and the Dropbox app, internally and with some of our smaller clients, and it has been very successful. Great for personal and family use also…