Three weeks ago, I wrote a tip in the DocumentSnap newsletter recommending that if you are going to be using cloud backup or syncing services, it is worth being aware of any security implications this might have and what your options are with respect to encryption. It turns out that my timing was impeccable, because […]
Continue readingYou may or may not know it, but today has been declared World Backup Day 2011. Declared by who, you ask? A small group from the website Reddit, which is good enough for me. On the World Backup Day site, they go through why you should backup and how to do it. It’s all really […]
Continue readingBeing on the geekier side of the spectrum (as my wife is happy to remind me as I am hooking a Mac Mini up to our TV), I really like hearing about the inner workings of the software that we use. Too often things are dumbed down so much that they aren’t actually saying anything. […]
Continue readingOne company that I have been meaning to write about for quite some time is SpiderOak, which is an online backup and sync provider I have been hearing a lot of good things about. Cross Platform While other online backup providers have been Windows-only until just recently, SpiderOak has been cross platform right from the […]
Continue readingRecently I came across this tweet from Ross L. Kodner and he brought up a good point – one of the benefits of an online backup is having your data safe and sound. If you live in a city that is prone to earthquakes, hurricanes, etc., it kind of defeats the purpose to have your […]
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