Look around the net, and I’m sure you’ll find TONS of free storage sites online… but very few of them have managed to carve out an almost cult-like following like Box.Net.
This is one of the few such services which just ‘gets it’. It’s not all about space, it’s all about the user experience. Case in point - Box.Net launched with 1GB, and it’s STILL 1GB, but skim through their blog, and you’ll see one Web 2.0 company hell bent on continuous upgrades and improvement.
Here are the key reasons why they have succeeded where others have failed.
Winning Ingredient #1: It works everywhere
- Upload files just by attaching them in email
- Upload directly from a Firefox widget
- Compatible with mobile devices
Winning Ingredient #2: It plays nice with other Web 2.0 companies
Taking advantage of open APIs it can
- Work directly within start pages like Netvibes
- Edit documents directly within downloading it because it’s compatible with Zoho
Winning Ingredient #3: It makes file sharing social
- Share folders and files with friends
- Make entire pages or boxes public
- Post widgets your own blog
- Allow friends to subscribe to your box via RSS
On top of all that - they have an incredibly intuitive drag and drop interface! This service really looks like a winner.
Meanwhile sit back and relax to the tunes of Jonathan Coulton’s Tech Anthem - Code Monkey (brought to you by Box.Net and distributed under a Creative Commons license)
Get your own Box.net widget and share anywhere!
“Code Monkey get up get coffee
Code Monkey go to job
Code Monkey have boring meeting
With boring manager Rob
Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
But his output stink
His code not “functional†or “elegantâ€
What do Code Monkey think?
Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself
Code Monkey not say it out loud
Code Monkey not crazy, just proud…”
If you liked this song, you can drop Jonathan a buck, and download the remixes here
March 27th, 2007 at 2:45 am
Looking forward to checking out those remixes.
March 27th, 2007 at 8:46 am
enisps allows use to enjoy 5GB free online storage. Read more in k-director.com
March 27th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
engtech: You won’t regret it…Those are cool mixes
k-director: Thanks for the tip - esnips does look interesting.
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 am
Im about to use that new gizmo and thanks on your review! You are great.
Oh ya. Thanks for the complement on my desktop wallpaper. It’s based on the comic “Gone with the Blastwave”
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Thanks Splashmilk… glad to be of help… for any readers wondering what he’s talking about when he’s referring to desktop wallpaper, check it out here -
http://splashmilk.com/?p=80
April 12th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Where is the firefox extension?
April 12th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I think you should get here….
http://blog.box.net/?p=74