Dropbox: Store, Share and Sync Your Files
It’s about time I profile Dropbox, a great little tool my readers have mentioned several times, and it came up again when I was presenting “Free and Low-Cost Tech Tools Your Organization Can’t Live Without” at the Fancy Food Show this week.
Dropbox allows you to synchronize your files among your computers and also stores them online for access anywhere. This is a fantastic application for those of us who travel and don’t want to deal with throwing files on thumb drives. Its storage capacity matches Mozy.com for backups and its feature set is on par with Live Mesh.
You receive two gigs of storage with the free version, and 50 is only $9.99 a month.
Dropbox – Home – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.
Penzu – Write in Private: Free Online Diary and Personal Journal
Now here’s a switch… Penzu is an online blog-type service — that you can keep private! All the other blogs in the world are out there so you can share your thoughts, but Penzu lets you create a private journal for your eyes only, though you can choose to share with others.
I’m not sure what type of business application this might have, but I love the notebook-paper graphics. PC Magazine gave it props for being some of the best free software of 2009.
Penzu – Write in Private: Free Online Diary and Personal Journal.
Ninite: A super-cool way to download common free programs
Oh, I love free stuff, and I love people who make it easier to download free stuff.
Visit the Ninite site, and check off the free applications you want on your computer, such as Firefox, Chrome, iTunes, Audacity, Skype, AVG, Adobe Reader, Gimp… The list is fantastic! (And it reminds me of all the great tools I still need to cover here on Cheapskate Freelancer.)
Once you choose your programs, click to install, and Ninite will manage your installation. This is great when you are doing a full upgrade to Windows 7.
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer – Great For Win7 Upgrades.
