When you run software, you bring it to life. Well that is what I think is the rationale behind www.live.com. The interface is cool and functionally convenient, but nothing that is “wow”. However recently I was talking to Steve Smith at ASP Alliance and he pointed out www.foldershare.com.
It is an acquired Windows live service, originally developed by Byte Taxi Inc, that lets you sync folders across PCs in a secure manner using P2P techniques. It really solved a long standing problem of mine – how to keep about 3 desktops and 2 laptops in sync. I tried rsync etc, but nothing worked very well, so I finally resorted to lazy update. But with this I can keep all my documents in sync. It works well with NAT, as it has UPnP to work around the block ports.
I had it up and running in less than 15 mins, thanks to RDP. The only short coming…well you know it – Windows and Mac only. What do I do with my linux files (few scripts can take care of that, I guess).