Comments on: This is a community service announcement http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/28/this-is-a-community-service-announcement/ Writer, Gamer, and Angry Nerd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Farrell http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/28/this-is-a-community-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-368 John Farrell Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:34:35 +0000 http://www.petermball.com/?p=685#comment-368 Did your computer get fixed? What OS are you running? I'm not very good at hardware. Did your computer get fixed? What OS are you running? I’m not very good at hardware.

]]> By: Christopher Miles http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/28/this-is-a-community-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Christopher Miles Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:17:17 +0000 http://www.petermball.com/?p=685#comment-339 Google Gears allows you to sync your online documents with your computer... but yes, there's the niggling thought that your beautiful words (or in my case, not so beautiful words) are sort of suspended in vapour and could puff away at any moment. Google Gears allows you to sync your online documents with your computer… but yes, there’s the niggling thought that your beautiful words (or in my case, not so beautiful words) are sort of suspended in vapour and could puff away at any moment.

]]> By: PeterMBall http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/28/this-is-a-community-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-338 PeterMBall Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:28:34 +0000 http://www.petermball.com/?p=685#comment-338 Thanks :) I'm kinda ambivalent about Google Docs, myself, but that's probably because I don't like having to be online when I write. I do think there's probably a good chance the publishing industry would continue without google, though (heck, given my thoughts on the google-books settlement, they might even be better off...) Thanks :)

I’m kinda ambivalent about Google Docs, myself, but that’s probably because I don’t like having to be online when I write. I do think there’s probably a good chance the publishing industry would continue without google, though (heck, given my thoughts on the google-books settlement, they might even be better off…)

]]> By: Christopher Miles http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/28/this-is-a-community-service-announcement/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Christopher Miles Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:37:03 +0000 http://www.petermball.com/?p=685#comment-337 Sage advice. I've been using Google Documents for works in progress, Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com/) for other working files, a regular external hard drive backup for my documents (and my laboriously tagged iTunes library), and the occasional big-ass DVD rip for a little extra piece of mind. I may be foolish to be placing so much faith in Google Documents, but I figure if Google goes down we're all f*cked anyway. PS. I haven't commented here before, and de-lurking to say I really liked your recent piece in _Strange Horizons_ and your piece in _Dreaming Again_, and the writing advice stuff you've been posting lately has made for fascinating reading. Sage advice. I’ve been using Google Documents for works in progress, Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com/) for other working files, a regular external hard drive backup for my documents (and my laboriously tagged iTunes library), and the occasional big-ass DVD rip for a little extra piece of mind.

I may be foolish to be placing so much faith in Google Documents, but I figure if Google goes down we’re all f*cked anyway.

PS. I haven’t commented here before, and de-lurking to say I really liked your recent piece in _Strange Horizons_ and your piece in _Dreaming Again_, and the writing advice stuff you’ve been posting lately has made for fascinating reading.

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