If computers are an indispensable part of your life then I am sure you understand the value of data and what could be the consequences if you lose it. Whether it’s your picture files, music collection, videos, documents, wordpress blog or any other form of data, you’ll know that if your operating system ditches you and the computer goes down, your data is lost too (unless you can afford to pay the data recovery firms to get it).
If you are on Windows, it’s almost mandatory for you to backup your important data since it’s not an operating system which you can always count on (although it is the most popular one).
| While working on a project that requires a lot of writing - like coding, or authoring a book - it is a good idea to make backups or even better, maintain a sort of version control so that you can go back in time to see changes you’ve made to an article.
In Windows you have a few options to do this. If you are writing in Microsoft Word, then you can use “track changes” as a sort of version control. This will give you the ability to look back at the changes you have made to your writing. However this only works for certain kinds of work. |
A program called DropBox has recently entered public beta and has been making the rounds on networks like Digg and Reddit. I’ve been a private beta member since January and have been using it pretty heavily in my daily processes - and it has worked absolutely wonderfully. Dropbox is currently available for Windows and MacOS X, and we are told that an Ubuntu or Linux client is in the works.
I recently interviewed the Founder of Dropbox, Drew Houston, to answer some questions I had about the service. You can read the interview below, after my short review of the service.
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