50 out @58

File this under “well, duh…”.

Just after I nominated DropBox as best web app of 2009 (Crunchies), I was thinking about mobility, and how it used to refer to handheld devices, primarily phones. But now it’s more about data mobility.

With DropBox for example, I set up the root DropBox folder on my laptop and it syncs that data up to the cloud everytime I make a change. I install the DropBox client on the Mac Mini, on my laptop’s Windows partition, and whatever other computer I use. I have an iPhone client too. So the data follows me either becuase it resides on a portable/mobile device, or (if e.g., the airline loses my checked-in laptop/device) it follows me via the cloud to the replacement laptop/device.

I don’t miss a beat. So that makes me happy.