At a minimum, I do this at the end of every day, by sending those files to my Gmail account. The point is that at some point, a bad thing will happen to your computer and you will need to restore some data.Īt the micro level, I think it’s good to periodically e-mail yourself the current version of a project in progress so that you don’t lose the time that you’ve put into it. Some day, your computer will fail or you will accidentally erase some critical files or your office will flood or your computer will get stolen, or maybe more than one of these things will happen. If you’re not backing up at least once a day, you’re playing Russian roulette with your business.Īs a freelance translator, a functioning computer is absolutely critical to your business. On the dining room wall, they had a sort of shadow box frame, and in it was a computer disk (this was back in the day of five-inch floppies) spray painted gold, with the caption “BACKUP COPY.” As a teenager I remember being horrified by their choice of home decor, but over the years I’ve actually thought of making my own similar display for my office. Years ago, I was visiting friends of friends in Denmark and the inhabitants of the house happened to be very serious geeks.
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