Current Event #7 - Dropbox - It's Everywhere!!!!

You know when you buy a new car, and then instantly see the same model everywhere you go?  I have a feeling Web 2.0 tools are kind of like this!  You hear about a "new" tool, and suddenly you see everyone using it and begin to wonder how you went so long without it!

Dropbox is this tool for me!  My husband introduced me to it this week when I was fretting the idea that my Android phone had over 300 pictures and videos of my ridiculously adorable daughter on it, and the only way I knew to get them off my phone was emailing or uploading each one individually.

How could you stand the thought of losing this cute picture???

He told me I could download a free app to my phone, and then transfer all my photos and videos in one big transfer!  It worked like a charm, and I was instantly able to log onto the website and see all the photos on my laptop!  Hooray!

The great thing about Dropbox is that you can save all your files here and then retrieve them anywhere!  I can picture lots of uses for school and for this class, especially since I use a combination of computers at home, school, my parents' house, etc.  There is also a feature to share the folders with others, so I can invite anyone who is interested to view some or all of these 300 photos!

So once I "discovered" this "new" tool, I realize that I am not alone in loving it!  I got an email from a friend inviting me to view her folder, I was invited to edit an article using the Dropbox format, and I saw a blog post on my Reader that showed me that there are way more uses for this tool than I even knew about!  Can't wait to explore more!!!