October 2011 – Nico Baird
Month: October 2011	Keep your photos in a safe place
Posted on October 28, 2011 by nicobaird	ON Sunday evening just after seven we heard an explosion and we could feel a shock wave move through our house and neighbourhood.
We were not sure what had happened, but after a while when we went outside we saw that a house in one of the town house complexes next to ours was on fire.
A gas cylinder had exploded. Most of the house had already burned down and we realised that everything in the house had already been turned to ashes. As we walked back to our house we spoke about what the first things were that we would try and rescue if something like that were to happen.
I realised that these days you would grab your computer or laptop. Not for the documents, but because you are probably storing all your photos on that computer.
Maybe you would grab all your discs with your backups or an external hard-drive. We do not keep our memories only in printed format anymore. When we take photos on our cellphones or cameras, we first transfer it to our computers and then maybe print some of them. I realised the importance of having a backup system in the “cloud” or should I say online. If you are not backing up three times you may have a problem. Here is my advice. First make a local copy on an external hard drive or DVD of your most valuable data. Your second step is to take your most valuable data and also make a copy that you keep with a friend or family member in another location, not your house!
Lastly, get online storage for your most valuable documents. For minimal data, use something like Dropbox.com and if you need more space you can always find other solutions.
I’ll link to a few at www.nicobaird.com for you to click to. Just be safe with your data and don’t take any chances.
Posted in Uncategorized	Vakansietyd – Spel met tegnologie ‘n tweede natuur
Posted on October 20, 2011 by nicobaird	DIE afgelope week het ek en my vrou ’n bietjie by die see ontspan. Ons het ’n vakansie nodig gehad en het see toe gevlug.
My vrou het ook ’n tegnologie-slaaf geword en deel nou in al die vreugdes wat in ons lewe moontlik gemaak word deur die tegnologie en dat ons altyd en oral aanlyn is.
Met die aanvang van ons reis het ons gesien dinge gaan tydens hierdie vakansie anders wees.
Ons het begin met ’n kompetisie met mekaar om die meeste punte bymekaar te maak met FourSquare (www.foursquare.com).
Ons neem die etes wat ons die meeste geniet af en sit dit op FoodSpotting (www.foodspotting.com).
Ons deel deur die loop van die dag foto’s op Instagram (www.instagram.com) en so elke nou en dan deel ons die groot aantal foto’s wat ons neem op Facebook (www.facebook.com).
Die foto’s wat ons op ons selfone neem, word feitlik onmiddellik gedeel en die foto’s op ons kameras deel ons ná die tyd wanneer ons by ’n rekenaar is wat ’n konneksie het.
Sommige mense sou sê ons is dalk van ons trollie af en ons spandeer te veel tyd om dit te doen, maar dit is so deel van ons lewe dat dit spontaan gebeur.
Ons lewe is baie oop en almal deel in ons ervarings.
Die dae dat ek gedink het ek gaan met vakansie om weg te kom van tegnologie is verby.
Tegnologie en die gadgets is so deel van my lewe dat, indien ek met vakansie sou gaan sonder om dit saam te neem, ek vir seker nie my vakansie sou geniet nie.
Die grootste rede vir ons om hierdie foto’s en plekke te deel is eintlik dat dit ons tot voordeel strek.
Ons het outomaties ’n tydlyn van alles wat ons tydens ons vakansie doen.
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