Summary: Online storage tool that synchronize your files across multiple computers. How can a synchronization system be considered an organizational tool? I don’t have to remember where I put my thumb drive, remember to bring home my external hard drive, or email myself any files. Time saved = organization!
Review and how-to: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dropbox-review-invites-and-7-questions-with-the-founder/
Here’s a link from the cogscilibrarian to a document she wrote and shared with a class via Dropbox.
personal notes: I’ve been testing Dropbox while writing my latest article. I have a PC at work, a Mac desktop at home, along with a Dell Mini laptop. I installed Dropbox on all machines and have been working on my article at whichever computer I happen to be in front of at the time, all without a flash drive or emailing myself files. In my Dropbox for this article I was working with the programs Excel, SPSS, and Word. Dropbox allows me to save those files in their native formats, no conversions necessary.
Scott wants to know if Dropbox is a web based thing. Sounds handy!
Disregard last comment, sorry. Didn’t read the link till after I’d sent it. Duh!