Mirrors and Raid Arrays are not backups.
One of the most common comments/questions i get when I'm speaking or meeting with people is "I have a Drobo / RAID / mirrored drive does this mean my data is backed up?" The answer to that question is usually no. A mirrored or RAID drive (a Drobo is a RAID drive) keeps your data safe from hardware failure but if that is the only location your data is stored on, then no it is…
It’s Not Just Me Nagging you to backup
Read this excellent blog post that was tweeted by Kevin earlier today. The post has a good summary on how one photographer handles his workflow and a quick review on some of the equipment he uses to backup his images. The kicker is his last paragraph. No matter what system you use, if your images aren’t backed up in at least two locations, stop what you are doing and take care of that. A friend…
Review How You Do Things.
One of the programs I use quite a bit is Tweetdeck, a very good Twitter client. Recently while at the UnLab, I noticed someone use Tweetdeck and every time a tweet came in concerning the UnLab, Tweetdeck on their laptop would beep. I had forgotten that Tweetdeck has a notify option. When I first installed the software the default option beeps and displays a notify message for every tweet that came in. I found this…