I’m a busy guy, and frightening as though it may seem, most of my professional (and personal) life is digitized. Sometimes I work on my laptop, on my home desktop, on the computer in my office, or even on my smart phone. Sometimes I work in a computer lab, or at the library. I have files stored on flash drives, external hard drives, network drives, and in my email account as file attachments. I have digital files floating around all over the place. Ahhhhhhh!
So, when I need to work on something, I always have to think ahead to make sure I have access to the files I need, at whatever location I’m going to be working from. If I’m not on top of things, I can end up wasting time. But I’m sure this problem is exclusive to me, because I’m special. Right? Riiiiight.
How can we easily and efficiently share files between multiple computers and maintain a high level of productivity, without creating duplicates and confusion?
No, not THAT kind of file sharing (whatever happened to the Napster kid, anyway?). We’re talking about the legal kind. We’re talking about instructors sharing files with other instructors. For example, if you’re a Math instructor, and would like to provide new instructors in your department with lesson plan suggestions, useful links, and shared handouts, how do you distribute those useful files?
