Comments on: Dropping the Science on Dropbox http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/dropping-the-science-on-dropbox/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jamie Phelps http://patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/dropping-the-science-on-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Jamie Phelps Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:23:43 +0000 http://dev.patrickrhone.com/2008/03/27/dropping-the-science-on-dropbox/#comment-316 <p>So, I have been experimenting with Dropbox for a while since getting in on the act. I have to say that if it works better for you than you had hoped, it works better for me than I had hoped after reading your glowing post. How's that for recursion?</p> <p>I tried using it at work but we're behind a psychotic firewalled proxy. Word is they're working out the kinks in that regard.</p> <p>I only really use one computer, my MacBook. But I have installed Dropbox on the wife's computer on the off chance that I need to use it. I don't do cross-platform stuff with Windows much either. The main attraction for me was the versioning. That is so friggin hot I can't begin to laud it enough. I have been wanting to have my documents under version control like some other hardcore users of SVN do, but it just seemed like it had way too much overhead. On the other hand, now that my resume (for instance) is in Dropbox, I can go back to any version of it back to the point that I initially put it in Dropbox. Templates for business forms like contract boiler plate text, quotes and estimates, and our hosting plans flyer. All this is now in Dropbox.</p> <p>The other thing this does is help unclutter my ~/Documents folder. Since so many programs get <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001032.html" rel="nofollow">in my user space</a> (unfortuately, including Apple) getting my actual documents into another, cleaner directory is great.</p> <p>Thanks again for introducing me to Dropbox! I'll still be keeping .Mac because I have a lot of stuff tied to it, but it won't be primarily for iDisk.</p> So, I have been experimenting with Dropbox for a while since getting in on the act. I have to say that if it works better for you than you had hoped, it works better for me than I had hoped after reading your glowing post. How’s that for recursion?

I tried using it at work but we’re behind a psychotic firewalled proxy. Word is they’re working out the kinks in that regard.

I only really use one computer, my MacBook. But I have installed Dropbox on the wife’s computer on the off chance that I need to use it. I don’t do cross-platform stuff with Windows much either. The main attraction for me was the versioning. That is so friggin hot I can’t begin to laud it enough. I have been wanting to have my documents under version control like some other hardcore users of SVN do, but it just seemed like it had way too much overhead. On the other hand, now that my resume (for instance) is in Dropbox, I can go back to any version of it back to the point that I initially put it in Dropbox. Templates for business forms like contract boiler plate text, quotes and estimates, and our hosting plans flyer. All this is now in Dropbox.

The other thing this does is help unclutter my ~/Documents folder. Since so many programs get in my user space (unfortuately, including Apple) getting my actual documents into another, cleaner directory is great.

Thanks again for introducing me to Dropbox! I’ll still be keeping .Mac because I have a lot of stuff tied to it, but it won’t be primarily for iDisk.

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