June 03, 2009

074 – Fry Your Pickles. Back Up Your Data.

49 minutes

This week the WELSTech podcast discussion centers on the important but often overlooked task of computer backups.

The discussion:

Backup glam – Joining Martin and Sallie for a second time is our very own WELS Network Security guru, Rob Benson. The first time Rob was on the podcast, we talked about computer security. This time around Rob joins us to glamorize the topic of backup and, with Martin’s help, manages to succeed! Topics include why you should bother to backup, schedules, media devices, software and backing up to the cloud.

Online backup

Mozy

Carbonite

iDrive

Windows Live SkyDrive

Learn more

Make SkyDrive a virtual drive on your computer with Gladinet.com

Live Mesh

Gmail Drive

Local Backups

One Touch

Time Machine – Mac

SyncToy2

SuperDuper – Mac

Drobo

New Technology Showcase:

(26:02) Skype 4.1 Beta with screen sharing

Picks of the week:

(29:08) Web-based Activities & Resources for Elementary School Students from the Langwitches blog

Google Chrome – speedy browser

Of interest:

(34:45) WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee is sponsoring SOUL Ride on June 20, 2009

Ride for the Sanctity Of Unborn Life (SOUL)

Scenic ride north in the Holy Hill/Kettle Moraine area for any motorcyclist

Cost is $25 per rider

Details and registration at www.soulride.org

Community feedback:

(36:32) Following up on last week’s classroom video discussion, we heard from Perry Lund, and Sallie shared a link to TeacherTube MySite

Pastor Jeremiah Gumm from Cross of Christ in Liverpool, NY shared a link to the MediaSalt blog post Nobody cares about your web site

Interesting linked post from Midnight Oil Productions about a Twitter sermon series in the news

Dan Lohrmann, security expert, author of Virtual Integrity and recent guest on WELSTech, gave us a shout out on his Faithfully Online blog

Kelly Huet was looking for SMARTBoard training resources for a newbie. Check out

SMARTTech – SMARTBoard manufacturer free online resources

Talking SMARTBoards & Much More

Teachers Love SMARTBoards

Teacher Online Training -the SMART Board and Smart Notebook Experts!

John Simonson shared a link to the CommonCraft video Google Docs in Plain English and thought it would be a great way to educate church committees about the power of online collaboration

Coming up on WELSTech:

(45:22) Episode 075 – Pack your bags WELSTech-style and maintain all your computing needs on the road

The featured artist:

(46:30) This week we close with music of WELS artist Kevin Loersch – Amazing Grace from his CD titled “Abide with Me”

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