I love simple solutions to common problems. Write.fm is one of those services that manages to reduce the number of steps to do a task – in this case, sharing simple text messages and files of any kind – to the absolute minimum.
Coming from Anthony Feint, the same developer who brought us the simple, intuitive web-based task manager Task.fm, Write.fm can perhaps best be described as a cross between an URL-shortener, cloud-based notepad and a simple file sharing service. Originally, the service was just for sharing text; file sharing was added recently.
Open it, and you’re greeted with a text input field and an “add file” icon which lets you choose and upload any file from your disk drive. Once you’re done writing the text and adding files, rename your project in the upper left corner of the screen. That name, preceded by “write.fm/” is now the web address of the file.
Other options that come to mind, such as password protection, are nowhere to be seen, but perhaps it’s too much to ask from a project that aims, first and foremost, to be simple and easy to use.
Author of the project claims the “tool was originally built to help the Task.fm team move code snippets around, but after seeing how well it worked, we decided to open it up to the world.” Good idea: we’ve seen many similar projects over the years, but this one takes the cake for simplicity and elegance.
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