the encouragement lounge: Email docs to yourself! Avoid lost docs.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Email docs to yourself! Avoid lost docs.

Hi All,

Quick tip.... particularly useful for those of you working on multiple computers or old computers that sometimes fail...

When you are finished with a draft of a paper or project plan or anything else, email it to yourself. By doing this, you create an instant back-up so if you somehow lose the document otherwise (computer fails, you lose your jump drive, etc.) you will still have a copy in your email.

Cheers,

Harriet

2 comments:

Dancing With FeySeptember 27, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I've done this before. It's a great idea. :)

An alternative is to just save it online, like maybe on Google documents. Either way works, though.
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AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 8:02 AM
I have done this as well. I would also e-mail to another address such as work. If your printer fails at home, you can print it at work.
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I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

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