DISQUS

breggol · 5 months ago

And since you published this, the Iranian government will probably firewall dropbox soon....

madnil · 5 months ago

Sadly this is probably true.

Adrian · 5 months ago

They certainly thought that one through before they posted this.

Didn't they?

amigokin · 5 months ago

Wow! That is moving! You should feel proud guys. And as I always say to you: keep the good work! :D

Wes · 5 months ago

Amazing, brilliant!

Jorge Martins · 5 months ago

I realy enjoyed, the fact that you considered it like a beta feature, Congrats :)

cjwworld · 5 months ago

Thats a great read!. wow, thanks for sharing

dazzlindonna · 5 months ago

Loved this. Very clever, and cool use of Dropbox.

deuts · 5 months ago

Wow that's an amazing story. I wonder though besides his "Dropbox" solution, what else alternative could be done in order to communicate with friends and families across the globe while you're in there (Iran)

Jaka Jancar · 5 months ago

Wouldn't adding a comment to the Recent events page be easier than a txt file?

hengbok · 5 months ago

This is fantastic! Love Dropbox!

drewpeifer · 5 months ago

I've set up a special "torrent files" folder in my dropbox that my Linux machine (always plugged in, always running Transmission) watches constantly for incoming files. No matter where I am, I can log into the Dropbox web interface, drop a torrent file in that folder, and the Linux machine sitting in my Brooklyn apartment will immediately start downloading it.

Toasty warm torrents whenever I get home--what more could I want?

Prateek · 5 months ago

I am in the middle of setting up a seedbox, I'm going to do the exact same thing for it (if I can get db to compile for arm...)

mojaam · 5 months ago

Like Leo Laporte said upon returning from China, it's hard to stop the flow of information. Even if this method gets blocked, another one is bound to come about. I just hope all societies just realize this and stop trying to spread illusions and propaganda.

chrome_os · 5 months ago

That's pretty handy. Can't believe the blocked the "normal" avenues but didn't think about the millions of other ways people can communicate.

http://www.chrome-os-blog.com

schindyguy · 5 months ago

cant they access blocked sites through proxies?

jacomo · 5 months ago

We a regional Telco/CATV and CellCo have been trying, without any success
to make contact with DropBox in an effort to develop a relationship with them to provide
Back up and Restore Services to our 40K Broadband Wired customers.
I have used both their Product Support Email address as well their Partnership Opps. email
address at least 3 times with no response.
Very interesting that they do not provide a phone number so as (apparently) to avoid getting new
Prospects.

Since your firm is and investor would you be able to make contact and have their Bus Dev. folks Contact me directly via Email:

Jim Aimone
Strategic Analyst
843-369-8406

Mark Essel · 5 months ago

Jacomo did you get a hold of them? You can send a twitter message to @drewhouston.

jacomo · 5 months ago

I did thank you. Had to go through their Venture Capital group to get
them

Mark Essel · 5 months ago

Wonderful, just making sure. I'd hate to see a potential client not able to reach a great company.

Mark Essel · 5 months ago

Any thoughts on using dropbox as part of an open social media architecture? Using a shared data source between nodes information can be shared in real time between all members, like Gwave or P2.

I'd prefer a federated system with an open protocol (Dave Winer, Brian Hendrickson, and others are working on open formats).

KSP · 5 months ago

I'm thinking this will be very useful in China.

fds · 5 months ago

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jkery07 · 4 months ago

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backupvault · 4 months ago

Interesting to read.

ardeshir · 3 months ago

Awesome idea! They also can share the videos with someone in US instead of uploading it directly to youtube which is not accessible from Iran (or hard to upload). The person in the US can upload the videos to youtube.

BTW, hey Arash joon, good job!

Amir

George Morrow · 2 months ago

Wonderful story. Well done!!!

marciodecastro · 2 months ago

I am using the Dropbox in my Linux Ubuntu, and am finding an excellent software.
Fast, useful, simple and practical.
The Dropbox is very good recommends.