It's been a while... Sync, sync'ing, and the cloud - BTSync, finally what I'm looking for

It has bee a while since I've posted on this blog, and I guess that is because I've been busy and distracted with other endeavors.

Well, the task of keeping data in sync across computers/devices has been a challenge that I find myself investigating better solutions every so often.  From Dropbox to Cubby to Carbonite to SugarSync to home grown solutions or even a combo... nothing accomplished what I wanted.  Maybe Cubby, until they eliminated the DirectSync feature from the beta/trial.

Hence, my search continued.  I was excited when I read BitTorrent was going to release a private P2P sync client.  I signed up for the alpha, and I just installed and tested sync between my work PC and home Mac.  500mb of videos (including the Harlem Shake) from this past weekend's Coachella music festival sync'd without issue.

Configuring folders and sync is simple.  I hope BTSync finds a place/way to establish itself and become an indispensable open source tool.  I'm really amazed that OS vendors have not integrated sync technology successfully.  People do use the cloud, sure.  But, everyone expects to have their data when and where they want it and for free/low cost.  Why pay a cloud vendor for storage and bandwidth when you've already paid for it for your home computer?

Thumbs up for the BTSync alpha release so far.