Comments on: Drop.io: File Sharing for Journalists http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/2009/11/25/drop-io-file-sharing-for-journalists/ Tips, tools and resources for multimedia journalism Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J L Gatewood http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/2009/11/25/drop-io-file-sharing-for-journalists/#comment-27 J L Gatewood Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:09 +0000 http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/?p=461#comment-27 I often use Drop.io as a tool for planning shoots and content-- I give each drop I create the name of the story slug I'm doing. that way when I have gathered all the content and assets necessary to submit my stories, I send the entire drop to our layout artist. I can also have him save his layout PDF, and post it to our website. I use the Firefox Drop.io add-on because it does two good things: I can drag and drop files to an open drop page and it will save that file in that drop, and it automatically bookmarks created drops. Finally, did you know you can use the chat feature in your drops with any XMPP Instant Message client? Since Google's Gtalk uses XMPP, I have my website setup as a Gtalk "buddy" so when a visitor wants to chat, I can fire up Pidgin or You can also embed the chat client into your personal webpages as well, giving your public website/blog a chat function! I often use Drop.io as a tool for planning shoots and content– I give each drop I create the name of the story slug I’m doing. that way when I have gathered all the content and assets necessary to submit my stories, I send the entire drop to our layout artist. I can also have him save his layout PDF, and post it to our website.

I use the Firefox Drop.io add-on because it does two good things: I can drag and drop files to an open drop page and it will save that file in that drop, and it automatically bookmarks created drops.

Finally, did you know you can use the chat feature in your drops with any XMPP Instant Message client? Since Google’s Gtalk uses XMPP, I have my website setup as a Gtalk “buddy” so when a visitor wants to chat, I can fire up Pidgin or You can also embed the chat client into your personal webpages as well, giving your public website/blog a chat function!

]]> By: Fred http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/2009/11/25/drop-io-file-sharing-for-journalists/#comment-26 Fred Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:20:19 +0000 http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/?p=461#comment-26 drop.io sucks drop.io sucks

]]> By: Joe Hackman http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/2009/11/25/drop-io-file-sharing-for-journalists/#comment-25 Joe Hackman Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:34:14 +0000 http://digitalnewsjournalist.com/?p=461#comment-25 Very nice article! I am impartial of course, I think dropio is one of the neatest web 2.0 apps in existence. Thanks for sharing this. Very nice article! I am impartial of course, I think dropio is one of the neatest web 2.0 apps in existence. Thanks for sharing this.

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