Sharing Big Files? Try Pando
Ok, somehow this has turned from being a music biz blog into a geek blog. 
But, I guess you could consider this posting to be a little of both. I have been looking for a new way to share big files with clients across long distances. Not everyone uses AOL Instant Messenger and it’s hit and miss on file transfers. USendIt.com has been putting a cap on file sizes for ‘free’ clients. And while I’m a geek of the highest order, not everyone else is. So, asking some people to FTP files to and from servers is akin to having them cypher quadratic equations.
So, in looking around for a simple solution, I found Pando. I could give you the long explaination of how it works, but for that just click the picture above. That will take you to a short video demo put togther by Robert Scoble. In short, it combines P2P file sharing with BitTORRENT-style file swapping. Pando emails a small file to your recipient that they use to download your file package directly from your computer’s desktop or from the Pando server. You can send individual files or entire folders (no ‘zipping’ required) and Pando can transfer up to 1GB of data with each package.
I’m going to try it over the weekend to swap files with a studio client. They’ll send me their session files using Pando, uploading the entire session folder right off of their personal hard drive. When I’m done with my drum tracking, I’ll just send either the entire revised session or just the Broadcast .wav drum tracks right back to them (depending on how large 14 tracks of individual drum mics gets).
For more info or to try out the Pando software, just go to Pando.com.
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