eSnips

For exercise 19, I decided to look into the category of digital storage and remote access, and I explored esnips.com. Pretty interesting site, which markets itself as a "personal media dashboard." It seems like a more robust version of a Google Docs-esque service. eSnips gives you 5 GB of free storage to upload any type of media you want; pics, vids, music files, Word docs, presentations, etc. You can then view and, if need be, download the your files remotely from any location with Internet access. I guess it's sort of like a personal FTP service delivered through the interface of a website. It's a pretty in-depth site, and I don't have the time to explore it fully right now, so I'm not really sure how useful something like this could be for a library professional. eSnips tours and tutorials do stress the idea, however, that you can use the service to broadcast many aspects of yourself to the Web world through digital media. Maybe a library could open up an account where they could highlight new digital acquisitions every few days? Or upload book reviews in downloadable formats for their patrons? Just some ideas.

BTW, I chose to explore these services specifically because they feel like the harbingers of what's to come when (not if, when) cloud computing takes over. Alls I's knows is...I am investing in the first company that unveils a "cloudbook."