A year or so ago I started using Joey Hess’s Git-Annex to manage backing up and synchronizing files across several computers. It’s worked quite well for me. It has an “Assistant” feature which enables you to create something akin to a Dropbox replacement. There are some special features which allow backing up files to Rsync.net, Amazon S3, and Box.net among others. Files uploaded to cloud services are transparently encrypted. It’s pretty neat stuff.

One feature that I recently learned about git-annex is that it can be used as a podcatcher. This is pretty neat. You can download a podcast once and synchronize it to your various devices. I may listen to a podcast on: