Comments on: Six Offbeat Ways to Share Files Online–Free

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:56:41 +0000

I’d say Google Apps is a perfect way to share
and collaborate office documents. It is integrated into Gmail and GCalendar. I think
it well deserves a place in your list.

By: Marc Reidy

Marc Reidy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:17:42 +0000

Regarding storing files on a service like “Tubes” (see top comment) you could use my software on your own server. http://www.anywheretogether.com. It runs a desktop and mobile version. Plus it comes with 2 free user licenses.
Webworkerdaily reviewed it here http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/23/file-management-on-the-go/#more-819

By: Shawn Honnick

Shawn Honnick — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:02:42 +0000

I used FireFTP exclusively. It’s very convenient and does everything I need. If you use it, send the author a donation!

By: Mario Olckers

Mario Olckers — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:18:52 +0000

These are good services, thanks for the heads up

i was surprised to see my gmail is now running at over 5Gig storage space and integrated with their other offerings (docs calender reader maps etc) accessed through SSL I am starting to wonder about the business models of many paid for office, collaboration, vpn tunnel intranets and other “enterprise” type offerings

any thoughts on this?

@mydropbin sounds like a very exciting concept will definitely ‘drop’ by ;)

By: Jimmy Gardner

Jimmy Gardner — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:25:18 +0000

Hi Samuel,

I have one more I would like you to take a look at, it is my startup in an alpha mode called MyDropBin (www.mydropbin.com).
It is an easy to use front end to an Amazon S3 account that a user has signed up for. We allow the user to create folders, and upload content into the folders and tag the items as well. The one nice feature is that once the item is in your MyDropBin, there is a one click to send the link to a friends email (we are working on mutiple email addresses). They get an email with the link to the file and click on it to download. The file can be of ANY size, big or small.
In the next release, one cool feature you may like is that there will also be RSS feeds for each of your folders and tags. So if you have the need to share a lot of files/pictures, ect, you simply have you friends subscribe to that particular feed and when you upload an item into that folder or tag, they see it in the feed, click it and down it comes to them.
Like I said we are just getting our feet under us and have some cool new features coming soon.

Regards,

Jimmy Gardner
http://www.mydropbin.com

By: someone you don't know

someone you don't know — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:43:46 +0000

I was browsing around the Tubes web application, wondering if this was a VPN or if they were sending all your personal files to one of their servers and storing it for you. The problem with these type of applications is your personal documents aren't your personal documents anymore, they are with some corporation somewhere with people you've never met. On the page "What is Tubes," I got my answer. They do store it on a central server. I scrolled a little further and grinned, "Tubes is backed by the Carlyle Group." That's a real honest group of people right there; who can be trusted with your personal documents and personal videos (just sarcasm ). So, go ahead :)