getting the most out of the cloud

GETTING THE MOST OF THE CLOUDPresenter

Diana Silveira

Novare Library Services

AGENDA

Collaborate Dropbox Features Tools and Toys for Dropbox Other Cloud Tools

THE MAIN SITES

Dropbox Google Docs Amazon Cloud Player SkyDrive

COLLABORATE

GOOGLE DRIVE

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Word

PowerPoint

Excel

OneNote

Excel Survey

DROPBOX

REMOTE FILE STORAGE

Dropbox keeps 30 days – back-

up so I can restore

accidently deleted files.

Phew!

SYNCING DIFFERENT DEVICES

Use the Desktop Version of Dropbox and keep all documents/folders stored there.

Download the App for phones/tablets Also – works with Google Drive, Box and

other Cloud Sites

AUTO-SYNC MOBILE PHONE PICTURES AND DESKTOP UPLOADS

IMAGE SHARING

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Click icon to add picture - Right click on specific file to link to file only

- Use link button to share folder

http://db.tt/by4CCMTP

Use bitly or

goo.gl to get

stats

BACK-UP WEBSITES

WordPress – BackWPup (http://backwpup.com/) Automate back-ups restore entire website or

specific file Use Dropbox API to automate back –up for

other sites (dropbox.com/developers)

TOOLS AND TOYS FOR DROPBOX

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SendtoDropbox.com

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Great for PDF and other online documents

SYNC YOUR EBOOKS

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- Open Dropbox on device and read away

- Automate – and send to your Kindle wappwolf.com

Top image from http://lifehacker.com/5984823/?post=57532641

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www.ifttt.com

OTHER WAYS TO USE THE CLOUD

CREATE YOUR SITE IN THE CLOUD?

Blogger (blogger.com) Wordpress.com Google Sites (sites.google.com) http://pancake.io (connects with Dropbox)

MUSIC

You can also sync music folders from Itunes or your own with Dropbox or like storage site

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QUESTIONS

CONTACT ME

diana@novarelibrary.com

delicious.com/dee987/cloud

slideshare.net/dee987

www.facebook.com/NovareLibraryServices

877-816-9638

Diana Silveira