Dimitris Tzouris

I recently received this email from Dropbox that reminded me about an upcoming change in their service. It starts like this: This is a reminder that your Public folder links will become inactive on March 15. On that date, your Public folder will become a standard Dropbox folder, and your files will remain safe in your account. If you want to share those files again, you’ll need to use shared links instead. Have you ever used your Dropbox Public folder to share and post things on the web? I have. I know it’s a lame way to host files on the web, but it was dead easy — plus, the existence of the Public folder helped you get organized and you could instantly know which files are out there, so deleting them was a no-no. I have personally used my Dropbox Public folder to host PDFs of conference programs and images. There are currently 14 items that I’ve linked somewhere — from blogs and social networking sites to email and IM. Well, on March 15 these links will be deactivated. The...

Many people use Dropbox to store their documents online. In the cloud as we say. Dropbox is nice. The ones who use it probably know that storing documents in Dropbox basically means: Security and no more worrying about backing up files Easier sharing with family, colleagues and students Access from anywhere, with files syncing across multiple computers, tablets and phones Now you can add a fourth reason: To receive files from others, even those who don’t have a Dropbox account. For example, ask your students to submit their assignments or ask conference speakers to submit their presentations. All you need is DROPitTOme , a Dropbox extension that allows you to receive files from others. You can receive as many files you want, but each file has to be up to 75 MB in size and, of course, each file will use your Dropbox storage space. DROPitToME is free. To get started, go to dropitto.me and register. You will be asked to log in with your Dropbox credenti...