Brian Dusablon

A few weeks ago I posted about backing up your data. I still owe you my profiles and suggested backup plans. I also had planned a detailed review of offsite backup options, but Shawn Blanc beat me to it, and his is much more comprehensive and well written. He doesn’t cover all the available services, but hits on three of the best, Backblaze, CrashPlan and Arq.

Off-Site Backups

Over the holiday weekend I plan to start the series of backup profiles. Most of you will fall under the first — the family geek. I’ve got a great way for you to secure your own data, as well as your family members, wherever they may live.

• Favicon resources
• Against Everything Buckets – I agree to some extent, though I find Evernote extremely useful as a free app, simply because it’s on all my computers, my iPhone, and I can access it anywhere from the web. What do you use?
• The American List – AWESOME. This is now my first point of reference before I do any shopping.
• The Truth About Bottled Water – Hilarious, and very valid.
• Caroline Collective – coworking spot in Houston – free for drop-in “digital drifters” – sweet!
• Data Rot (Pogue) – very interesting article – Amazon S3 and the cloud is my current answer.
• NIN The Slip for Free
• WordPress Mobile Theme Plugin – Thanks Alex – well done.
• Earth Hour – Vote Earth on Saturday
• To Write a Book About Scorm – Aaron decides he’s not busy enough.

I did this with the iPhone, and it worked pretty well. So here goes: