Keeping secrets in your Dropbox

Recently a teacher asked how on Earth I kept track of all the passwords and logins I use.  My answer: LockNote + Dropbox.

LockNote (Windows only) is a free and awesome standalone notepad application that encrypts text into an executable file. Steganos of Germany has long offered Locknote for free and the tiny (268KB) . . . → Read More: Keeping secrets in your Dropbox

You forgot your flash drive! You forgot your flash drive!

I used this clip last week to introduce Google Docs and cloud storage. Part of the presentation included asking the question, “Have you ever forgotten or lost your flash drive?”

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Which side is up? Making USB more fun in the dark.

I know this has happened to you:  You need to plug in a USB cable into your computer under the desk and it won’t fit.  You keep trying because your lizard brain says – SQUARE PLUG + SQUARE SOCKET = MUST FIT!  Then, just as you are ready to make it fit, your logical brain . . . → Read More: Which side is up? Making USB more fun in the dark.

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