My new alternative Pendrive!

Willie McGill from Auchenharvie Academy floated this one past me incidentally in a post last week and it’s definitely worth a look.

Simple private exchange.

Drop.io enables you to create simple private exchange points called “drops.”

The service has no email signup and no “accounts.” Each drop is private, and only as accessible as you choose to deliberately make it. Create multiple drops, add any type of media, and share or subscribe as you want. To make a drop just click the big red button that says ‘drop it’ (more)

If I know that I’ll have an Internet connection where I’m going to be working then this looks like a great way for me to bundle files for a course, take to a class, etc. without needing to carry my pendrive(s)!!! around with me. It’s so quick and easy that I envisage using it as a drop point throughout training days to create a categorised list of any resources discussed/used during the day. Participants can simply visit the drop point when back at school and copy down anything important to them.

Any number of new drops can be created for different groups/purposes - all free and very easy, there’s no registration or sign up but there is ample flexibility in terms of security options. See my first drop containing two MP3s for yesterday’s post and the two images for today’s.

I see this very much as a tool for temporary storage/transfer rather than as some sort of secure vault - just like my old friend the pendrive!!!