The International Day Of The Backup

Technique and computers in particular have become a part of our daily life, but since they are quite new phenomena they are not yet many customs, rules or rituals governing their use - which is a shame, customs and rituals are great ways for society to spread useful knowledge and encourage beneficial behavior.

Hence, let me propose one IT related ritual: the “International Day Of The Backup”.

The day where you burn all valuable pictures, your $500 iTunes collection and important data on DVD and store the DVDs at your friends houses (or bank vaults). (yes, I am serious. Sure, its not as important as “Womans Day”, but it would really be a great way to remind the usual home user to do backups)

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This article was originally published at:
http://vzach.blogspot.com/2006/04/international-day-of-backup.html