Tech Tutor Mark

Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers fame offers up seven great ways to quckly and easily share files.  I recently did a post on WeTransfer which has a 2 GB file size limit.  Now we have seven more .  Byrne, who is the foremost authority in "Web Tools," is a tremendous source of educational online resources, and these simple file sharing services raise the bar.  I'd never heard of any of them, so definitely check them out!

The Best File Storage and Backup Services In case you were looking for a really helpful list of the various online storage, backup and sharing services available today, this is one of the best I've found.  Courtesy of BornTechie.com, the list is organized into two categories: free and pay services.  

5 GB of Free Online Storage This weekend I was looking for a way to post some video tutorials to the Web that could be shared with others. Each video tutorial ranged in size from 420 kb all the way up to 100 mb. I wanted to store these videos in separate folders and give access to other users, as well as to myself. This way I would be able to download them from wherever I (or we) may be. I thought I would try out the new SkyDrive from Microsoft's Windows Live site. I found it quite useful. First, the site does require a Microsoft login, which is easy enough if you already have a Hotmail account. By the way, Hotmail is now known as Windows Live Mail. Once you get into the site, you will see that a typical Live account now has several features. These include access to your e-mail (Hotmail), OneCare (a pay security suite of services that Microsoft will sell you); Spaces, which is a free way to store photos, share events/invitations and create your own Blog. One very importan...

Easily Send Those Big Attachments I know from experience that many people don't even consider things like file size and file formats when they send out e-mail attachments. Then they wonder why the person they were sending a 20 mb collection of pictures, or a 50 mb PowerPoint slideshow never received it. The reality is that most computer users have a free Hotmail, Yahoo or GMail account. And, even though Google boasts that their highly-touted GMail system allows you to store well over 2 gb of e-mail, they still have strict limits as to the file size of your attachments. Here is a way around that. Assuming that you are not trying to send a full-length feature film or collection of music CDs, this option will do very nicely. Senduit (www.senduit.com ) is a site that I stumbled across during a training session recently. It is an amazing exercise in simplicity, because it only does one thing, and does it well. It allows you to send any type of file up to 100 mb in size to anyone in the...