Do you share files between more than one computer? Or perhaps do you need an easy way to share files with colleagues, friends, and/or family? Then you might want to think about trying a new online storage site known as Windows Live SkyDrive.

Currently offering 500 MB of free storage space, SkyDrive allows users to files online and access them anywhere they have an internet connection. You can create personal, shared, and public folders within your SkyDrive and then decide who (if anyone) has access to each folder. The only catch to using shared folders with your files is that each person you share with must have a Windows Live ID. If you have accounts with MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, or Microsoft Passport, you already have a Windows Live ID (it’s the same info.). It’s easy to sign-up for one if you don’t have it though. You can use the link provided off the main page I linked to above, or you can go here.

If, however, you simply want someone to be able to view the file, and you don’t care who else sees it, then you can choose to make a file public. Then you can send the individual the link to the particular file. They just can’t modify it this way.

I plan on using SkyDrive with non-confidential documents I want to share with my students’ parents as a class. Unfortunately, not all parents are using e-mail yet, but I was surprised/pleased to see that about 85% are actively using e-mail. 

Try SkyDrive and let me know what you think!