{"id":1983,"date":"2015-08-28T00:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T04:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2015-08-26T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:18:20","slug":"one-way-to-share-photos-with-friends-via-text-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1983","title":{"rendered":"How to use text messages to distribute information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/email.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1985\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/email.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"email\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/email.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/email.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/email.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I like to take pictures with my phone; but I don&#8217;t store those pictures on my phone, I always download the photos to my local computer shortly after I take the pictures.\u00a0 Recently a question came up.\u00a0 I had a bunch of photos that I wanted to share with some co-workers, but I do not like having too many photos on my phone.\u00a0 My solution?\u00a0 I use a combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/db.tt\/mGGPGwlL\" target=\"_blank\">dropbox<\/a> and another service to send a text message to my cell phone, and from there I can send a text message with the link to the folder on dropbox containing the information I want to share.\u00a0 From there, I use a free texting service (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.textem.ne\" target=\"_blank\">www.textem.net<\/a>) and paste the link into the message.\u00a0 Once I receive the text, I can forward it to my co-workers for their perusing.\u00a0 The following steps replicate my actions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Uploaded photos to <a href=\"https:\/\/db.tt\/mGGPGwlL\">dropbox<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>I like dropbox.\u00a0 It is my preferred method of sharing information with co-workers, family and friends.\u00a0 I have mine setup with different folders for each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Selected the share by link option to share my folder containing the information.\u00a0 Dropbox then provides a customized link to that folder.\u00a0 I then copy that link to a basic word processing program, like windows notepad or sticky notes.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to www.textem.net.\u00a0 Fill in the appropriate information, and send myself a text message.\n<ul>\n<li>What I like about this website over the others is its ease to use, its free, there is no identifying information (other than your cell # and service provider) given to them.\u00a0 All they ask in return is you support their advertisers.\u00a0 Which I may, or may not do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Forward (and edit) the text from www.textem.net to my co-workers so they can recieve the information I&#8217;m sharing with them on their mobile devices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While it seems cumbersome, it is actually quite easy to accomplish.\u00a0 I like the textem service, and it is completely free, which happens to correspond to my price point.\u00a0 My co-workers, friends and family really don&#8217;t know the difference, and probably don&#8217;t care how I get the information to them, just that they receive the information in a format and on a device that they can utilize.<\/p>\n<p>The key in all this is to get information to where it is desired, with relative ease.\u00a0 Although we may not know our customer (in this case my co-workers, friends or family) is satisfied, <em>rest assured we&#8217;ll know when they are not<\/em>.\u00a0 As such, I take a little solace in this lack of feedback.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>* I receive no incentive for recommending www.textem.net.\u00a0 <br \/>\n** For Dropbox, I will receive additional storage in my account &#8211; I thank you in advance.<\/strong><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to take pictures with my phone; but I don&#8217;t store those pictures on my phone, I always download the photos to my local computer shortly after I take the pictures.\u00a0 Recently a question came up.\u00a0 I had a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1983\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[69,72,70,99],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-life","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-technology","tag-work"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2472,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2472","url_meta":{"origin":1983,"position":0},"title":"Book Review: Managing Stakeholders as Clients","author":"DR D","date":"September 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I had the opportunity to read the book: \"Managing Stakeholders as Clients\" by Mario H. 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