Most backup strategies have weak points, which is why it’s good to have more than one in place. A colleague who specializes in risk management once said to me that the correct answer to the question “How many backups do you need?” is “Just one more.” My own experience at the 2006 Podcast Expo proves this.I was giving a presentation about “Creating and Keeping Raving Fans” for your podcast. Before … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 10-06-06: This Is Why We Back Up
Last week at this time I was preparing to deliver my presentation at the Podcast Expo—and feeling extremely grateful for my backup systems.Just before I packed up the laptop for the drive down to Southern California, I copied my PowerPoint slides and audio clips onto my USB key, then clipped the key back in my handbag where it lives. (Since I’m one of those women who is surgically attached to her … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 07-28-06: Back Up Your Presentation
I have to be in San Rafael at 7:15 this morning to give a presentation about podcasting. (I’m not speaking until 9:00, but I still have to be there at 7:15, because the event starts at 7:30.)My presentation is part of a workshop about using the internet for marketing, and all three presentations rely heavily on technology.And where there’s technology, there had better be backups. At last count, … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-09-06: Passport to Backups
I’ve talked about backing up while on the road once or twice before. One of the reasons I got a 2.5-inch external hard drive instead of a less-expensive 3.5-inch drive was so it wouldn’t need its own luggage when I traveled.Last time the Ur-Guru came to visit, he just backed up his laptop by sending everything to the server back in his home office.This time he has a new laptop and a handful of … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 9-2-05: Backups in the Air, on the Air, and Underwater
It seems like everywhere I turn these days I hear about backups. I was reading The Everything Guide to Writing a Book Proposal and there, on page 198, under the heading “Protecting Your Professional Image,” is a warning to back up. “One writer, two days before she was due to turn in several chapters to her editor, found that the diskette she had been using to store her work had been damaged … [Read more...]
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