John is a Salvation Army Corps Officer who likes computers, Radiohead and F1. He lives and works with his wife Marta in Gainsborough UK, and blogs at johnager.co.uk and johnager.org
Imagine the scene: You have a file (or files) that you need to share with someone else, how do you do it? I suppose the simple answer is as email attachment(s), but it’s not always that simple! What if you need to share it with more than one person? Do you have all the addresses? Will they be able to receive the files? Which format do you use?
This is where Drop.io comes in useful. It’s a free service, although there are extra benefits available for a small subscription. To quote: Drop.io is the simplest way to share files online. Simply set up a private space to drop any files by phone, email, web, widget or fax and then share them with whoever you want via a variety of outputs.
You can create a file sharing site and give people the address. It can be temporary or permanent, and you can choose how long before it deletes. If you want people to share files, links, photos or notes with you, simply give them the address of a drop! You can protect yourself by using a widget on a blog or website that keeps the address of the drop secret, although I have a public drop and have not found that it’s abused! Occasionally I have uploaded something private, I’ve simply encrypted it with AxCrypt first.
To quote again: A drop is a chunk of space you can use to store and share anything privately (pictures, videos, audio, documents, etc.), without accounts, registration, or an email address. Drops are not “searchable” and not “networked;” they just exist online as private points for exchange between individuals or groups. Create as many drops as you want in as little as two clicks and set things like a password, whether others can add to the drop, and how long you want it to exist (you can renew later).
They’ve added extra features recently, there are some excellent built-in viewers, and there’s also a Firefox plugin! Check it out!
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Great article on file sharing guys!
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