I’m a huge Live Mesh fan.  If you haven’t tried it yet, it is a service from Microsoft that allows you to create folders “in the cloud” (what they call your “live desktop”).  There are a lot of services that let you store files online, but what sets Live Mesh apart is that it allows you to synchronize the folders with devices. 

For example, I create a folder called “Class Notes” in my Live Desktop

Then I can synchronize that folder to any computer(s) that I have installed the Live Mesh client software.

This makes files in that folder available off line on that machine and pushes any changes back up to the Live Desktop as well as pulls changes from the Live Desktop.

So far, I haven’t had any issues with the synchronization and this has proven a valuable resource for keeping track of documents and things that I am working on with multiple computers.

It Gets Better

Ok… so that’s the standard use case and that alone is pretty awesome.  Here’s another one.  I created a live mesh folder called “Programs” that I put stand alone (no installer required) programs in.  Now I have access to Sysinternals, notepad++, FF 3.1Beta, etc from all computers that  I use.  I update a program on one computer and it is updated on all my computers!  This feels like the time that I got my first flash drive (a pre-release 64mb Crucial Gizmo!)

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