The flash drive thing is a good idea and would be quicker, one of these days I will pick one up. But for now, every time I update a piece of work, whether it’s for a client or for the product I’m working on, I just bang it onto Backpack when I’m done for the day.

One nice thing about a web-based backup is it will survive if your house burns down, floods, or some other catastrophe that physically wrecks your stuff. Always keep a remote backup–a second flash drive at your office would work too, but then you have to remember to switch them back and forth to keep the remote one current.

We just switched from eight million zips to flash drives. I gotta agree with you, in whatever way you choose to do it, do it. Last year I lost one laptop that hadn’t been backed up “in a while” and we spent over $500 to extract what we could from it, which was about two-thirds of what hadn’t been backed up, and then spent over a month recreating the 1/3 which was of course the most essential stuff. Now instead of one zip per project, and a half-hour or more to do it, and “I probably did that last time,” it’s three minutes. Flash in, flash out, everything on a little stick. Bonus: I can walk to another computer and see everything there too, if I need it.

Ah, peace of mind.

Regards,

Kelly

I really like the site and told you so over there.

Re: Photos. You’ve just answered your own question. Do a collage of eating/laughing/talking. Could have a very welcoming effect. I think author photos are near-essential to get a connection going. As Darren Rowse discovered a few weeks ago, people want to know you, or be you, or fall in love with you (I’m totally paraphrasing his article). So let them.

(Unless you’re Naomi, cuz this is her blog and all.)

Until later,

Kelly

Great post highlighting a great site. Crystal’s got some great insights and links to some really great resources.

@Chief Show Officer – Truer words have never been spoken… As a programmer/designer/guy who generally lives out of his computer, there’s no greater nightmare than having a hard drive fail. It only takes once to teach someone just how valuable regularly backing up your system can be.

You know you haven’t back up your stuff in weeks. Wanna redo all that work? Could you even recreate that work? The “essential” I refer to is data backup.

I won’t get into all the dirty details but check out Mozy.com. $5 a month for unlimited online data backup. The first one is a loooonnnng one but after that, it automatically performs a daily back up your data in minutes. Trust me. You’ll sleep a lot better.

Because remember, it’s not if a hard drive will crash…it’s when?

She shrieks, I shriek, we babble senselessly for a few, then my hubby arrives home. I give him a welcoming shriek, his eyebrows fly up, and I pronounce we’re celebrating with a dinner out (which is big of me, since it’s his hard earned cash we’re spending these days).

All to say, I appreciate the spotlight in a vast way, and I would have told you sooner but I was out stuffing my face to keep from shrieking :D

Buckets of blessings,
Crystal

ps I am so busted on the photo thing…still haven’t found one with a closed mouth…I’m always caught laughing, eating or talking.

Nice tip! She’s got some good posts there for the ittiest bizzes. I am not bothered by free themes for startups, there’s a lot to do including figuring out if you have enough to say to keep it up. Kids and businesses (and blogs)–if you wait until you have it all figured out to get started, you’ll never get started.

Regards,

Kelly

Cool blog, I have poked around & I will poke some more. Thanks for pointing us to it.

(Hey, who you callin’ dirty, I had a shower today..)