In the Cloud

I've started playing with two cloud based applications. The first is Dropbox. I like to think of it as my USB stick in the sky. It provides online storage that can be accessed from any machine which has the client installed and keeps the data synced. It also provides rollback to previous file versions via deltas and easy sharing of files via URL.

The second application I've been using is Evernote. Evernote is a note storing application that lets you upload notes in a a variety of different formats from text to images. One of the features I find really amazing is the ability for Evernote to detect text in uploaded images and allow you to search on it. From their site:

"Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere."

To get a better look at both these great tools, check out the following videos.

Dropbox




Evernote