Screencast of the Week - Important Issue for Screencasters
Posted on Tuesday August 14, 2007 by Betsy Weber
Backup, backup, BACKUP! Save, save, SAVE! I know, I know, I don't always take my own advice and I have been burned. Who hasn't had some sort of system failure or lock-up and lost that masterpiece screencast they were working on?
I heard from Darrell Icenogle recently. He shared with me an issue for screencasters that is rarely talked about. He thinks that backup is an issue for screencasters: And, I have to say, I agree!
You've invested a lot of time and effort into a screencast, right? Well, then shouldn't proecting and saving all the video, audio, graphics and metadata assets be important too?
Darrell searched for remote, automated backup services and found two that are either free ( for up to 2 gigabytes of storage) or cheap ($4.95/month unlimited). And, one service he looked at, Mozy, was just named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites of 2007.
Darrell's done all the work for you - he researched the services, used them, and made screencasts about them. You can watch his screencast about Mozy here. And, his IDrive-E screencast here.
Darrell also wrote some in-depth blog posts on the subject here and here.
Be sure to thank Darrell and start backup those screencasts!
