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Each computer has Microsoft Office. \u00a0Other than that I use Picasa, IrfanView and Paint Shop Pro. \u00a0A couple of the computers have specialty software for specific tasks. \u00a0For example, my home desktop has video editing software that the others do not.<\/p>\n
Out on the Mesh I have a folder for each course I teach and an extra folder called Presentations. \u00a0I can create a PowerPoint presentation on my home desktop and save it in the Mesh folder. \u00a0When I get the office, that PPT is on my computer there. \u00a0When I take my laptop to class, the file is there too. \u00a0I can use any computer to make a change, and the updated local file is synchronized to every computer on my Mesh. \u00a0 Read that last sentence again. \u00a0That is incredible.<\/p>\n
In a pinch, I can even use someone else’s computer and login to my Mesh via a browser where I can grab any of my up-to-date files.<\/p>\n
There is also has a major new feature added since I last talked about Mesh<\/a>. \u00a0Now a local folder can by synchronized to the Mesh without consuming the online storage. \u00a0Microsoft provides five gigabytes of online storage with a free Mesh account. \u00a0That’s enough for all your documents and a few multimedia files. \u00a0It’s not enough for all my photos. \u00a0With the new feature I can set the Mesh to sync\u00a0my pictures to all the computers in my Mesh, but skip the online desktop. \u00a0In this way, only my class and presentation files cut into my five gigs of online storage, but I still have all 25 gigs of my pictures on all my computers. \u00a0The Mesh is essentially a P2P synchronization system that keeps all my files up to date.<\/p>\n Keep in mind that synchronizing is not the same as backing up. \u00a0If I delete a file from my Mesh, it gets deleted from every computer on my Mesh. \u00a0I can always go to my daily backup and recover the file, but I might not need to do that. \u00a0The Mesh does not treat files like those on a network. \u00a0If I go across my network and delete a file from my file server, that file does not go into my network server’s trash. \u00a0The file is gone. \u00a0The Mesh actually puts the deleted file into the trash on each computer in the Mesh. \u00a0So if I delete a file, I have four chances (one on each computer in my Mesh) to pull the file out of the trash.<\/p>\n If you have not signed up for a Mesh account, you no longer need an invitation. \u00a0Microsoft has opened the beta to everyone. \u00a0If you regularly use more than one computer, setup an account today. \u00a0Of all the technologies I have used in the last year, the Mesh more than any other has fundamentally changed the way I work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the summer I reviewed everything I use technology to do in a typical day. \u00a0More of these tasks are going online. \u00a0This blog for instance is completely online. \u00a0I upload pictures to Flickr and embed them with text into … Continue reading