What is Dropbox?
It’s a tool for synchronizing your data (documents, pictures, music, etc.) into one place that is accessible from anywhere you have internet access. It also allows for the recovery of previous document versions.
Why should I use this?
It helps keep all your data in one place no matter if you’re on your computer, your laptop, or your smart-phone. The last thing you want to do is go back home to print out a reports and game tickets when you have printers on campus or at work and as long as you save your files into your dropbox folder, it’s completely transparent.
Perhaps you overwrote that file you’ve been working on with something and saved over it. Now you’re fucked. Not if you’re using Dropbox! Dropbox lets you revert the file back to a previous save. No hassles. Same goes for pictures, music, just about anything.
Wait, wait, wait… How much is this?
You get 2GB for free. There are other plans which you may pay per year, but if you're saving documents you would have to try very hard to pass that limit. The 50GB plan is 10USD/month while the 100GB plan is 20USD/month. There are no “extra” features, just more space. Now, you'll get double-space if you register with a .edu email, even off referrals. You can increase your free limit to 16GB.
Soooo… how does this help me on TLS?
Well, since you people like to post pictures but don’t want them to be public for *too* long, Dropbox gives you a powerful feature: a public folder. Put a file in this folder and you’ll get a URL that links back to your picture. No need to keep your computer(s) on either – it’s uploaded automagically to the Dropbox server and when you no longer want the file shown, just delete the file on any computer/phone and it’ll delete it from the server, making the file no longer accessible.
tl;dr - If you ever fuck up with your files, this will probably save your ass.
Get Dropbox.
And as a matter of fair disclosure, if you use my link to create your account, then I get more space permanently added to my account for free. If you are indifferent to my self-serving, then by all means, continue. (Mods made me put this here.)
As an afterthought: It is pretty secure; if you need NSA-level encryption, you can mount an encrypted drive within Dropbox though it might limit compatibility with mobile devices and Dropbox-compatible toasters. It's free with available tools. I'll post a how-to if there's enough interest.
