A Geek Apart

I recently (last week or something?) spoke to a dear friend and professional colleague of mine last week, and she told me something quite disturbing. She was using (against my warnings, no less) an online service to store her GTD system. I wont mention the service because it’s not important…and I tend to dislike ticking people off.

Anyway, she moved her office, and her computers, last week, only to find that her data had been lost. Now, I cant tell you if it was because of the move, and error on her part, a server-side problem with the web app, or just plain weird crap that led to this loss. Nevertheless, all her data was gone. No backups. Nothing to revert to.

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