Dropbox

I highly recommend this application. The write-up for this is fairly short because the service is extremely easy to understand and use.

Quick Summary
Dropbox is a program that you install on your computer (platform independent) and creates a folder (called dropbox) that is synced across any of your computers that have dropbox installed on it. You can also access your dropbox folder via their website. You can put anything you want in the way of files into this folder.

The amount of space you have in your folder is determined by the type of user you are. You get 2gigs of free storage and any more than that you have to pay for it. The payment options are okay, you get  50gigs for 9.99mth or 100gigs for 19.99mth.

It has completely replaced my USB thumb drives that I used to use to move files around.

Things I Like

• Great way to keep files easily accessible between different computers and get the files from their website. 
• Good amount of free space for storage. By performing certain things (referring friends, etc...) you can increase your storage in 250mb increments.
• You can share folders with friends, which is a great solution for group projects and files that are larger than email will allow you to send. 
• Recent Events: this is a tab on their website that is a feed of all the actions that you have done. Kind of a cool way to see your activity and easily find files. 

Things I Don't Like

• Trying to create an account without downloading their program is not easy to do. They intentionally make it hard to just sign-up for an account without downloading their program. 
• To adjust certain settings (like sharing) you have to use their website interface. 

Sign-up Process

• To sign-up for an account all you need to provide is a first name, last name, email, and password. 
• You can do this by signing up on their website (which isn't all that easy to do because they want you to download their program). 
• You can also sign-up for an account once you have downloaded their program and are installing it. 

Overview of the Service and its Features

• The program creates a folder on your computer called Dropbox (original right?). You can put files into and out of this folder and then it remains synced with all your computers and their website. You can right click on the folders and files to adjust their settings. 
• Their website interface is somewhat like the google docs interface if you are familiar with that. 

This service is extremely simple to use and understand.