05.27
Chris Dunn is leaving Butler tomorrow, but one of the coolest things he turned me onto here recently is the Live Mesh service from Microsoft. It allows you to synchronize content across multiple devices … and all for free. I use it to keep a folder named My Stuff (and all of its sub-folders) synchronized between my Mac at home and my Dell laptop here at work. Once a folder is declared a Live Mesh shared folder, the same folder appears on all devices in the mesh. So, when I save a file to this folder on my laptop, it also shows up on my Mac at home. And, if I save a file to the folder on my Mac, I can access it later on my laptop in the same folder. Also, you can access your Live Mesh folders via a Web browser, if you’re not using one of the devices already setup in your mesh. Pretty cool stuff. Give it a try and see what you think. You will need to setup a Windows Live ID, but that’s pretty quick and painless.