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Cloud Storage Overload!

What a busy week for cloud-based storage services! Google finally takes the wraps off of their "Google Drive" service, offering 5GB of storage space for free to anyone. The interesting thing about that is that their prices are very reasonable for additional space. 1TB of cloud storage for $49.99 per month?

Then, Microsoft steps up their game with their SkyDrive service, adding more support for mobile devices, but drops the average SkyDrive user's storage space from 25GB to 7GB. Their reasoning? The majority of their users don't use more than 7GB anyway.

Where does that leave the other providers, like Dropbox and Box? I'd say they don't have anything to worry about...yet. Dropbox has made a lot of inroads with integrating their service into existing applications. I use my iPad religiously, and a lot of the office applications I use on a daily basis have ties into Dropbox for saving content. Box is doing the same, but they seem to have come to the party a litte late. The other thing I don't like about Box is that they force you to subscribe to their Enterprise services to get a Windows client...the same thing the other providers give away.

In any case, I still highly recommend Dropbox for their polished interface, clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android device out there, and third-party application support. The other providers are still trying to play catch-up at this point.

Using any of these services? What do you think?

More Stupidity from Stillwater...

On Thursday, Oklahoma State OC Todd Monken talked to ESPN.com, and decided he felt it was a really good idea to call out OU quarterback Landry Jones on his performance in the Bedlam game last year:

"It didn't take long when ol' (Ryan) Broyles went down and (Oklahoma) started running (Blake Bell) to think, ‘Do we have our guy?' That didn't take long" "Landry Jones went from like, 'I'm the man,' to all of a sudden, 'I haven't thrown a touchdown pass (and) I'm fumbling it over my head at Oklahoma State. I gotta go back and see my quarterback guru.' ”

Apparently, someone inside the OSU athletic department realized that Monken had come off his leash, and he quickly issued an apology on Friday:

“I want to apologize to Landry Jones and to the Oklahoma football program for using them as a specific example to illustrate a point concerning how quickly an injury to a key player can impact how a team plays.

“While speaking to a visiting member of the media about the importance of a quarterback's confidence and demeanor, and about how quickly things can change in football, I made the mistake of making a specific reference to illustrate my point.”

Nice. Apparently, humility is not in Monken's vocabulary. OSU almost went to the national championship game, sent two starters to the 1st round in the NFL Draft, and got national attention from the media all over the country. I would figure the football staff would be ecstatic with all the attention, no? But taking potshots at an injury-ridden team playing with no seasoned receivers and a banged-up running game really shows the level of class that Oklahoma State prides itself in.

Congratulations.

Back among the living...

I've decided to take up blogging again after taking a lot of time off. Should be a real hoot!