Throw Away Your Flash Drive

Want to be on the cutting edge of the technological movement? So you have already replaced your cassette tapes for mp3 files, your boom box for satellite radio, and your floppy disks for CD’s. What is next? Throw away your flash drive. But wait you say, how will I get my file from home to my office? Trust me, you don’t need it. (And no, the answer is not through e-mail.)

Physical storage devises are becoming obsolete with the introduction and improvement of online storage methods. Don’t believe me? Think back to the example of the cassettes that you traded in for mp3’s. In that case, the tapes or CD’s that you could physically hold were replaced with small, intangible files that you download from the Internet or access from your computer. File storage is moving in a similar direction.

Now, with online storage portals such as MobleMe, Dropbox, Box.net, Mozy, Wuala and Humyo there is a decreasing need for any type of physical devise to store computer-generated material. Floppy disks, CD’s, and flash drives are becoming a thing of the past.

Recently many of us downloaded Dropbox here at Harlo. Since Dropbox immediately syncs files online and across multiple computers, we are now able to access each other’s files the moment they click “save.” Dropbox also keeps a back-work log, allowing files that are a work-in-progress to be saved and edited without saving numerous re-named drafts. The service is free up to 2GB and really easy to use. They even backup files online. This feature is especially helpful in the event that you have a computer crash or need to access a file from a computer that doesn’t have Dropbox downloaded to it. As long as your work is saved in Dropbox, work can be recovered anywhere, anytime.

Maybe now you feel a little bit more comfortable separating from the flash drive you wear like a necklace everyday. Move forward! If you are still hesitant, here is some further reading…. http://www.getdropbox.com/tour

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Intern Stephanie Maul Joins Harlo

Harlo Media welcomes our new Fall Intern, Stephanie Maul to the team. Stephanie is a senior at Portland State University where she studies Marketing and Advertising Management. In addition to pursuing her degree, she is heavily involved in extra-curricular activities including her role as the VP Communications for the Portland State chapter of the American Marketing Association (psu:ama), involvement with the Food Industry Leadership Center at PSU (FILC), as well as other volunteer and leadership activities.

Stephanie currently works as a barista at Starbucks. Upon graduation she would like to begin work at an advertising agency as an account coordinator with hopes to move into an account management position. Because of her passion for culture and travel, she would like to take this career abroad as well.

Aside from marketing and advertising, Stephanie has many other interests including travel, environmental & social sustainability, local food initiatives, sustainable & recycled fashion, riding bikes, live music, snowboarding and art.

We are excited to have Stephanie around and look forward to getting to know her more, as well as teaching her a thing or two about what its really like to be in the media “biz.”

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