Send files through Pownce

Pownce is a service backed by Kevin Rose (of Digg fame) that lets you send stuff. From their website:

Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on our web site, or install our lightweight desktop software that lets you get out of the browser.

The service, although simple in concept, is amazingly useful for sending larger files. I’ve tried a number of different concepts:

• Sending files directly through instant messenger
• FTP to a server
• Email
• Using MSN Messenger’s shared folders

These services either work fine for small files, require the recipient to be online and interacting with the sender, or are fairly complicated and not easy to use.  Pownce aims to make the sending of files (large or small) much easier.  After testing the service I have upgraded my account to pro ($20 per year) so I can send files up to 100MB in size, the free version allows up to 10MB in size.  I am able to send video files from my hard drive video camera to recipients now in an easy manner.

Pownce also allows you to send messages, events, and links to your friends.  You can send these to a single friend, the general public, all of your friends, or groups of friends that group as Sets.  This is all done through a web browser, there is a desktop client available to make the sending and receiving much easier.  The desktop client is written in Adobe Air (think offline Flash), so it can run on alot of different platforms – Windows, Mac, Linux?

After you sign in you see your recent activity and a toolbar for sending stuff.

Sending a message is quick and easy, almost like using a regular instant messaging client.

Pownce can send links as well (not really sure why this is here, but it does make Pownce able to send just about anything.

To me, send a file is Pownce’s strength.  Which I believe is the entire purpose for the service being created.  From their website:

Pownce is brought to you by a bunch of geeks who were frustrated trying to send stuff from one cube to another.

Event planning could get much easier too (assuming all of the invitees are on Pownce).

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