It is interesting to wonder what the Internet will be like in 5 years much less 10.
The more applications are developed and the more information we are willing to share the more interactive the web will truly become.
When remote desktop access was first introduced, I was blow away by the fact that no matter where I was I could get that file I left at work or home.
Then along came, on-line file and information sharing. Once again, I was in awe.
Now, welcome Live Mesh developed by Microsoft. Live mesh is a combination of both plus more... It just keeps getting better and better.
Right now, Live Mesh is in beta and the 5 GB “Live Desktop” is free.
Live Mesh allows you to access all your devices, including your mobile devices, and even your Mac (you need to install some software) from the Internet (most browsers are supported).
You can share files with others and get notified whenever someone changes a file.
When you sign up you get what Microsoft calls, your “Live Desktop”. This is 5 GB of storage on their server to put your shared files.
Manage your files, access, changes, post messages, chat with members (using messenger) and change synchronization settings from an area called a “Mesh bar”.
If you only need a quick snapshot of what is happening with your mesh you can use “Notifier”. It gives you a status of all of your synced devices and folders.
“News” gives you a continuous feed detailing everything that is happening on your mesh. You will know when someone has viewed, changed, or posted a comment.
“Live Mesh Remote Desktop” – Just what it says, it allows you to access a desktop or mobile device remotely. The nice thing about this is say you have a Mac laptop at home, a PC at work and your blackberry. Live mesh allows syncing to share and access your files. Receive mesh updates on your blackberry or any other mobile device.
I see amazing possibilities for this in our business.
In the days to come I will tell you how Live Mesh is working for me.
Thanks for this update...I didn't know any of this.
Caryn,
I'll stay tuned...!!! Thanks, Fran
Hi Caryn,
Wow and double wow! Who can keep up?
Caryn - It's always amazing to learn about new applications that can simplify our technology an lives. Thanks for sharing.
That's great..
Thanks for sharing this with me.
Need to learn all that we can.
Ginger
I'm not sure I will ever be more than just a little tech savvy, too many changes everyday. Thank you once again for the info you bring us ;)
Caryn,
Excellent. I have used Remote Desktop and enjoyed the ability to connect with my office from my home office when I worked for different companies.
Now with brick and mortar brokerage offices scaling back I can see Live mesh as a very convenient tool.
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Caryn,
That sounds awesome, however i am still cynical about all my information being on line like that. I will stay tuned, I hope to hear about the security.
Sea to Sky: My mission is to inform:)
Fran: I will keep you posted! So far, so good.
Cynthia: It is hard to keep up for sure. Makes my head swim. But I love it!
Lynn: Thanks. I love finding new tools that really work and so far this one I like!
Ginger: You are so right..learn...learn...learn. Whew!
Kathy: Glad you always stop by and leave a comment. Technology sure moves at the speed of light!
Rebecca: Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Double thanks for the featured post!!!! This is a great tool so far. I will know more next week when I connect up a few more people to my mesh.
Angie: The whole idea behind live mesh is that your documents are only visiable to thoes you invite to share them. It is not as open as googel docs and so far I am impressed!
Caryn - This does seem like a great tool, and something we will continue to see develop over time. I will check it out and see if I can make it work for me.
Troy:
So far I like it. The desktop function to go to another computer is much slower than go to my PC but the folder sharing it working ok for me so far.