http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/ online and causing trouble since 1998 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-641 Dayle Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-641 Backing up offsite is crucial, too. I have friends who were just robbed, and Dean Wesley Smith often tells the cautionary tale of having his house burn down--he stood and looked at the melted computer and, next to it, the melted box of back-up disks... Backing up offsite is crucial, too. I have friends who were just robbed, and Dean Wesley Smith often tells the cautionary tale of having his house burn down–he stood and looked at the melted computer and, next to it, the melted box of back-up disks…

]]> http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-642 Mike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-642 Or for free, you can do what I do and backup all your fiction files (and any other important files) to a Yahoo Briefcase. I've got a ton of stuff there, including 4-5 novels and drafts and about 40 stories, plus other stuff, and I'm not even halfway near the limit, which is 30 MB. Or for free, you can do what I do and backup all your fiction files (and any other important files) to a Yahoo Briefcase. I’ve got a ton of stuff there, including 4-5 novels and drafts and about 40 stories, plus other stuff, and I’m not even halfway near the limit, which is 30 MB.

]]> http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-643 Scott Janssens Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-643 I'd also recommend backups in the hardcopy in multiple locations as well. I’d also recommend backups in the hardcopy in multiple locations as well.

]]> http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-644 Tim Pratt Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-644 I'm generally pretty good about backing up my fiction and poetry, keeping offsite back-ups, etc., so pretty much all I lost was my saved e-mail. Still annoying as hell, but it could've been a lot worse. I’m generally pretty good about backing up my fiction and poetry, keeping offsite back-ups, etc., so pretty much all I lost was my saved e-mail. Still annoying as hell, but it could’ve been a lot worse.

]]> http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-645 Rachel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2004/01/30/authors-go-forth-and-back-up/#comment-645 Ditto recommendation on the Yahoo! briefcase. If you need more space, you can create a Yahoo! group and save files, bookmarks, etc. Ditto recommendation on the Yahoo! briefcase. If you need more space, you can create a Yahoo! group and save files, bookmarks, etc.

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