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The Inevitable Digital Black Hole Gobbling Valuable Data and Writing
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Have ever spent hours on a story that suddenly disintegrates mysteriously into the Abyss? I’ll share a few ways to reduce that possibility right now.
Text version of this story at this link.
Excerpt:
“The biggest mistake any hardware user can make is to ignore backing up their data. Software can be reinstalled; data lost is irreplaceable. We are in a digital age and a lot of our data is stored digitally — bank records, photos, letters, music. A recent NCSA/Symantec study showed that over 68% of Americans store more than 25% of their photos digitally, for example. There are any number of ways data can be lost. Accidental deletion is common. Device failure happens. Natural events, such as electrical or wind storms, fires, or floods can eradicate data. Cyber events such as viruses, spyware or other cyber attacks can remove data, as well.” — SafetyWeb
My Thumb or Pinky Finger and the Mouse: A Conspiracy
In the business world, the term shrinkage refers to all the ways productivity and assets can be lost, stolen, or spoiled causing losses in time, money, and bottom line profits.
Twice this week I have labored, typed and toiled for hours only to have my pinky finger hit some key or series of keys, on my laptop causing the work to vanish. It literally just happened again, this time I had taken a new action and only lost half the story.
This has to be stopped. It hasn’t happened to me at home, only remotely on my laptop. I’ve tried to recreate the event for discovery into what is occurring, but to no avail. My suspicion is, there is a culprit, the function key marked FN. This key does not appear in the same spot on my desktop.
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