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Spring’s on its way. Backup now — before you’re too busy.

March 12, 2010
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I’ve writ­ten a lot about back­ing up your data over the years. But even though backups are import­ant, some­how they’re always 2nd or 3rd on the pri­or­ity list. ‘Some­thing to do when I get time’. And as Spring approaches, time is one thing that there’s going to be less of as pri­or­it­ies shift from inside […]

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Write a comment, win a prize!

March 1, 2010

I’ve been a fan of Click­free backup sys­tems for a while now. Drop­dead simple and effect­ive for most home usage. Well now the kind folks at Click­free have given me the oppor­tun­ity to share the love, so to speak, in the form of a con­test, my first, in fact.
All the gory details are here, but the […]

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Brad’s first blog contest — backup horror stories

February 1, 2010

Wel­come to the first (of hope­fully) many con­test I’d like to run on my blog. I’ve been doing this tech-writing thing for a while now, but I’ve always been look­ing for ways to more closely engage with you. I think I may have found it with this style of con­test — I get you […]

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Tech with family at the holidays

December 28, 2009

This Christ­mas has prob­ably the most intens­ive tech-soaked hol­i­day period I’ve had with friends and fam­ily. It was refresh­ing to see the ways that recent tech devel­op­ments have allowed us to enjoy the gath­er­ing, events, exper­i­ence and excite­ment. …more

This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. […]

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Three tech stocking stuffers

December 21, 2009

By now you should have had all your major gifts bought, wrapped and out of the way, but what about the little things, the cool tech toys that just fit in that stock­ing, hung by the chim­ney with care. Fear not, I’ve got a stock­ing stuffer list that will help you out in these final […]

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Friday the 13th: Refuge in the backup

November 13, 2009
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Ok, it’s a lousy title for a movie, but it is a great reminder to review and execute your data backup strategies, both at home and online.
Why Fri­day the 13th?
Simply, it’s a day-date com­bin­a­tion that hap­pens infre­quently, almost ad-hoc. When it does occur, you can eas­ily plan to take time out to per­form your maintenance […]

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