Deconstructing Rhetoric

I loathe flash drives.  I always have. A part of this loathing comes from my inability to remember to pull the stick out of my home computer and put it in my work bag or vice versa. That one crucial file I need is always 30 minutes from where I need it. But this is only part of my flash drive loathing. I’ve heard horror stories about corrupt flash drives, dogs chewing up flash drives, stolen flash drives, etc. I’ve had students who could not complete assignments because of lost or stolen flash drives. I’ve tried avoiding the use of flash drives using email and Google Docs to transfer files. But it seems I’m always forgetting to upload something. So last year, when my good friend Marc pointed me to Dropbox, I was a bit skeptical. The way he touted the site, I would never forget my flash drive again. I knew that would never happen. But it has. Read the rest of this entry »