Using an iPhone and Dropbox to perform a Wedding Ceremony
Posted in blog on October 2nd, 2009 by Eric Schwartz – Comments
I am always trying to come up with new ways to be more efficient. Recently I discovered Dropbox and setup a free account.
For those of you that don’t know about Dropbox click here and watch a short video. Basically the service allows you to sync files on multiple computers automatically. It does more, but that’s the simple explanation.
So how has this helped me? One of my fun jobs is being a wedding officiant. You know, the person who says, “I now pronounce you husband & wife”.
Once I installed Dropbox, one of the things I did first was put all of my wedding ceremony files into Public folder that lets me link directly to files in my Dropbox. Click here to view the public link to my Turkey Mix recipe. it’s delicious.
When I send copies of ceremonies to my clients, instead of attaching files in an email, I now provide a link. Whenever I makes updates to the file, the link will always open the current version.
One of my tools as a wedding officiant is my Levenger Circa notebook. It holds the entire ceremony and looks very classy while performing a wedding.
Earlier this week, Dropbox announced a free iPhone App (opens in iTunes), which allows you to:
- Access your Dropbox on the go
- Download files for offline viewing
- Sync photos and videos to your Dropbox
- Share links to files in your Dropbox
This gave me another idea. Why not use my iPhone instead of the Levenger notebook? Since I am able to access all of my files using the Dropbox iPhone 
App, I am able to view all of my wedding files, including ceremonies. What’s nice is that this App switches between portrait and landscape viewing, depending on how you are holding the iPhone.
I was concerned to rely on my network coverage, This App gives you the option of marking a file as a favorite. This downloads a local copy to the iPhone so network access is not necessary.
I haven’t used this method yet to perform a wedding, but am considering how to implement it. What would you think if an officiant was reading from his iPhone vs. a notebook while performing a ceremony? Is it too 21st Century?