Tag: backup plans

In the tech world, I’ve always been drawn to the practice of redundancy. I’m not at all embarrassed about it – I embrace my geekiness.

Redundancy means you’ve planned well and are prepared for problems. Back up your data on another drive or in cloud storage and if your PC crashes you can recover your work. Sync your phone with your PC address book and when you get a new phone, your contacts are transferred over. For big projects, have multiple servers running your site so that when one goes down because a technician accidentally kicked the power cord out of the wall (this happened) or forgot to apply a patch (this also happened), your customers can still find you on the web.

I also like backup plans for business. Cash reserves keep you going if business slows down or you have unexpected expenses. Maintaining a wide network of contacts provides more future opportunities if your current situation doesn’t work out. Having more than one fine-tuned skill lets you be flexible if the business landscape changes and there isn’t a strong demand for what you used to do.

When obstacles appear, backup plans let you handle them more effectively. When everything is running smoothly, they give you more options.

Gotta keep this short – I’m having fun installing a new backup drive and creating a system image for my PC. One handed. Because the other hand is flyin’ my geek flag!

Wave those geek flags!