My week started with a total computer crash (can't wait for my Mac laptop), I lost all my software but none of my personal files. I was annoyed at the inconvenience of not having my computer for three days while it was repaired, but I was never stressed about what I might lose in the crash. The reason for that is that many moons back when a similar crisis occurred, I made the choice to move to cloud computing. I started with Gmail and my files in Google Docs, then my images in Picasa (Flickr is for showing off) and I only occasionally used online software. For now I have decided to forgo loading Microsoft Office for Google Docs, and Photoshop for Picnik (Flickr's editing program).I have my computer again, it is a bit scary how much I miss it.
Image by Josh Bozarth
Kia ora Shaun
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Catchya
I like the fact that Google Docs and Picnik are free and not stored on my computer. I rarely used a fraction of Photoshop and it was so big and slow to load. I confess I have since loaded Word and Excel, as Google Docs just doesn't have enough functionality but I still store 90% of my documentation there. I am going to try out Windows Live Office to compare.
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