Drop.io
Not long ago, I asked a friend and colleague to help me convert some data from one format to another. It was a weekend, I was up against a deadline and it really wasn't possible for me to bring her the data and then go pick it up when she was done with it.
Because I don't often have the need for this type of assistance, I don't have FTP capabilities set up on our web site. The files were too large to send via email, even when they were compressed. I was settling in to an impressive feeling of despair when my friend suggested that I upload the files to drop.io.
Drop.io is a website that allows visitors to privately and securely share files by web, email, and other methods. Information "dropped" at the site is protected from search engines, and you can password protect your "drops", so the information is secure and accessible to those who need it and are given access to get it.
Within 5 minutes, I had created a space for my incoming and outgoing drops and within 20 minutes my friend had my data files on her computer. She returned the converted data files to the same secure private location, where I was able to quickly download them back to my own computer.
Best of all, the service is free!
I was thrilled to find drop.io and I plan on making it available to clients when we need to transfer data back and forth.
There are many services like this on the web, including archive.org, which I wrote about in my last post. If you know of web sites that can be helpful to your colleagues in the nonprofit community, please let us know. Click on the word "comments" below this post and tell us about the site(s) you've found to be of value.
Because I don't often have the need for this type of assistance, I don't have FTP capabilities set up on our web site. The files were too large to send via email, even when they were compressed. I was settling in to an impressive feeling of despair when my friend suggested that I upload the files to drop.io.
Drop.io is a website that allows visitors to privately and securely share files by web, email, and other methods. Information "dropped" at the site is protected from search engines, and you can password protect your "drops", so the information is secure and accessible to those who need it and are given access to get it.
Within 5 minutes, I had created a space for my incoming and outgoing drops and within 20 minutes my friend had my data files on her computer. She returned the converted data files to the same secure private location, where I was able to quickly download them back to my own computer.
Best of all, the service is free!
I was thrilled to find drop.io and I plan on making it available to clients when we need to transfer data back and forth.
There are many services like this on the web, including archive.org, which I wrote about in my last post. If you know of web sites that can be helpful to your colleagues in the nonprofit community, please let us know. Click on the word "comments" below this post and tell us about the site(s) you've found to be of value.
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