by Francis
(September 19, 2012)
When I was writing my PHD thesis I was working on two computers, my office computer and my laptop at home. Often I needed to review some of work at home or bring it to the workplace.
To be sure that all the information was up to date all the time as well as to make sure that all my work was backed up into the internet, the Dropbox was of immense value to me.
Not only did I not need to carry my external hard drive with me all the time, it also allowed to relax because I knew that if I would lose some changes, I could always rebuild the original content from the Dropbox back-up.
That’s because the Dropbox automatically saves changes of your files, even older variations of your files are also backed up for 30 days I believe.
The only challenge I had with using the free Dropbox account was that its free capacity was about 2 to 4 gigabytes. I cleverly circumvented this problem by expanding my Dropbox to 18 GB using a very simple outsourcing trick.
Click on this link to learn about how I did it.
So all in all, the Dropbox is not only useful for my communication and common projects with my virtual assistants but also for good old office work.
Comments for The Dropbox is Tremendously Useful When Working at Two Workplaces
| Oct 22, 2012 | Dropbox by: Maria B.Dropbox is one thing every virtual assistant must have because it ables you to connect with your clients even when you’re offline. It will also monitor which projects you have completed and submitted back to each of your clients. It really aids you in keeping your projects organized. |
| Dec 06, 2012 | Don’t Use the Dropbox for Sensitive Work Data by: FrancisIf you work with a lot of data in your actual day job, don’t be tempted into putting that to the Dropbox. You probably must have signed some sort of secrecy agreement about the work data and you risk breaking that agreement if you use the Dropbox. So don’t do it. For classic work data, use the tools that you are allowed to do. For example an USB stick or printing the stuff out. I feel this is important to point out because that is something I am learning right now as I am looking for a job. |
| Jul 14, 2014 | Must-have tool by: JohnDropbox is the most helpful and must-have tool in every outsourcing business. And it’s the only file sharing tool I know apart from Google drive. But, Google drive is only good for real-time sharing not for storage purposes. |
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