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Smart File Management with Dropbox
This week, I had to work with a team for a study project. We had to build the promotional campaign of our study and the end results have turned out absolutely amazing.
Usually, I work on my projects as a one-man team. However, working in a group or team is an other situation and works completely different. I enjoyed working with this large group, but it also caused some management problems. A lot of files were needed by everyone working on the project, and that wasn’t easy to organize with 16 people in one team.
Until I remembered Dropbox.
Dropbox works like this:
- Download the Dropbox app
- Create a folder
- Invite team-members to your folder via email
- Your whole team can access/modify/add project files.
You can see the advantages, right? Everyone has full access to the folder, so your whole team can add, modify, download and manage the project files. It works fast and is very useful for any team-project.
Dropbox is the ideal solution. Check it out!
I have used dropbox a lot myself. I think it’s very handy for temporary works like school projects. As a more permanent collaberation tool I use Microsoft Mesh. This work a bit more automatic and is easier to track.
Thanks for the tip Tim, will look into that as well.
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Looks like a nice app. One thing that I’ve done in the past with this situation is use FTP. In Windows, you can “attach a network drive” using an FTP site and browse the files just as if it was another folder on your computer. Of course, you have to have an FTP server to begin with…
Indeed, but I never seems to get something working correctly on a Windows machine. Good solution though
Very cool! Do you know if multiple people can work on the same file at the same time or if someone checks out a file for modification, it blocks anyone else from modifying that file?
This sounds like a pretty lightweight useful app for basic collaboration among remote teams.
It doesn’t block anyone from accessing the file. You have to watch out for that.
That’ my issue, right now. We are using DropBox and love it. But the dilemma is that it is possible for more than one person to modify a file simultaneously. It needs a “check-in, check-out” feature. Any suggestions?
Dropbox is perhaps the greatest tool for any small business. We use it all the time and don’t know what we’d do without it. Great for the desktop and the iphone. Best way to stay connected with your staff and your files!
Teamwork in its best form!
This sounds handy! move over memory stick.
My developer is trying to persuade me to move to .net from PHP. I have always disliked the idea because of the expenses. But he’s tryiong none the less. I’ve been using WordPress on a number of websites for about a year and am worried about switching to another platform. I have heard great things about blogengine.net. Is there a way I can import all my wordpress posts into it? Any kind of help would be really appreciated!
I have not worked with .net before. However, I guess importing these posts is possible. A quick search on google revealed this tutorial; http://www.aghausman.net/blog-engine/Migrate_from_WordPress_to_BlogEnginenet.html
Hope that helps.