The Ur-Guru and I have just returned from a week of Extreme Tourism in Chicago. He took 28 GB of photos. Each night he copied them all from his camera’s 8 GB Compact Flash card onto the two portable hard drives he’d brought along. (One serves as the original, one as the backup, and then he clears off card so he can take more pictures.) We also fixed my father’s wireless router, so there’s wi-fi in … [Read more...]
Cheers for Carbonite (and Some Vacation Musings): FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-08-08
This week’s guest contributor is Confident Marketer Sue Painter, but first a brief update from Yours Truly. The Ur-Guru and I have been traveling a lot over the past few weeks. As an incurable geek, I haul my laptop with me on all these trips, and I’ve been bringing Vesta (the Buffalo MiniStation DataVault) with me to make backups on. In fact, Vesta lives in my laptop case, since I don’t really … [Read more...]
In Praise of Tape Backup: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-01-08
This is a guest column by Jeff Mordkowitz, The Profit Coach. Jeff is the first person I’ve talked to who not only uses tape backup in a SOHO setting, but likes it. Most of what we hear about tape these days is unflattering, so I thought it was important to include the other side of the story. None of the manufacturers listed below is paying me a commission for including them, and I don’t believe … [Read more...]
Wait a Minute! Back Up! FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-18-08
Our first guest columnist of the summer is Elizabeth Rodgers from Ben’s Ranch. (The original Ben did have a ranch and was really a cowboy, but the Ben’s Ranch that Elizabeth co-founded with Ben’s grandson is a tech support company based in Los Angeles.) Elizabeth, as you’ll see is a big fan of Mozy’s online backup service. I’ve written about Mozy before, but it’s always nice to get a new … [Read more...]
Why Ted Loves Western Digital: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-01-08
This week we have a guest column from my colleague Ted Prodromou of Net Biz Experts. Ted and I are both members of the Executive Team for the Bay Area Consultants Network. For those who are interested, he's leading a series of free webinars about Web 2.0, and on February 8th, I'll be presenting about podcasting. I thought my non-geek readers would appreciate a story that demonstrates that even … [Read more...]
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