I've known about and used Google Docs for awhile. Like I wrote on this topic last time I use it mainly as software-as-a-service over the web so that I don’t have to install programs on my own computer. I use it to collaborate partnered school work through my independent studies at Adam State and it allows me to access my school work on any computer so I don’t have to remember all my memory cards.And I recommend it to patrons who don't have a personal computer and don't want to carry around a memory card.
Dropbox was new to me and I've downloaded it to my laptop and computer because I think I'll love it. My mother-in-law is always coming over to my house with a memory card to copy pictures from my computer and I can now use Dropbox to share the pictures with her.
I used to use 'GoToMyPC.com' at my last job to access my work computer from my home computer but you have to pay a per month fee to use it.
I have been using Amazon Cloud which I really like because you can access it from any computer, nothing to download and file type doesn't matter. But if you edit a document you still have to upload it to the website. With Dropbox, you can simply save it to a file on your computer and it syncs with all the other devices you have Dropbox on.
The only problem with Dropbox is that you have to download the program to the device you want to access you files from - I can't always do that on say a friends computer or a public computer so I will still use Amazon Cloud since I can get those files from any computer without have to download Dropbox. But having two places to save stuff is great since 20GBs seems like a lot until you start uploading videos and pics :)
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