Comments on: Digitally homeless http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/digitally-homeless/ I make stuff. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:35:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/digitally-homeless/#comment-509 Ben Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:11:23 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/04/07/digitally-homeless/#comment-509 Having a web-accessible network drive is indeed part of it (and thanks for the links), but part of what I envision is a place where I can store things like account information (or at least which sites I have accounts for, since you probably wouldn't want to store passwords online), links to comments I make on blogs, etc. A hub for my online presence, as it were. But as I'm writing this comment I'm having difficulty pinning it down -- the idea is a vague cloud in my head and so I'm not really sure if this is something useful (or even what it would have to be). <a href="http://www.backpackit.com/" rel="nofollow">Backpack</a> seems to be the closest thing so far, though. I'll think about this more and when I get something clear I'll post again. Having a web-accessible network drive is indeed part of it (and thanks for the links), but part of what I envision is a place where I can store things like account information (or at least which sites I have accounts for, since you probably wouldn’t want to store passwords online), links to comments I make on blogs, etc. A hub for my online presence, as it were. But as I’m writing this comment I’m having difficulty pinning it down — the idea is a vague cloud in my head and so I’m not really sure if this is something useful (or even what it would have to be). Backpack seems to be the closest thing so far, though. I’ll think about this more and when I get something clear I’ll post again.

]]> By: Dan Hanks http://bencrowder.net/blog/2006/04/digitally-homeless/#comment-508 Dan Hanks Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:05:36 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/04/07/digitally-homeless/#comment-508 Hi Ben, I assume by "a central place on the web to store everything I need" you refer to some way to store all your files online somehow. A web-accessible network drive, as it were. The Techcrunch blog (http://techcrunch.com) has reviewed a number of online storage services, which you might find interesting. A recent entry to this space that (if you haven't heard about it already) is Amazon's S3 (aws.amazon.com/s3). I can see it providing a lot of possibilities whch address the need for 'somewhere online to put my stuff.' S3 might provide some nice possibilities for people using Beyond to store their stuff. Hi Ben,

I assume by “a central place on the web to store everything I need” you refer to some way to store all your files online somehow. A web-accessible network drive, as it were.

The Techcrunch blog (http://techcrunch.com) has reviewed a number of online storage services, which you might find interesting.

A recent entry to this space that (if you haven’t heard about it already) is Amazon’s S3 (aws.amazon.com/s3). I can see it providing a lot of possibilities whch address the need for ’somewhere online to put my stuff.’

S3 might provide some nice possibilities for people using Beyond to store their stuff.

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