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Going offline for a while... quick shoppping trip.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:37:33 UTC

Going offline for a while... quick shoppping trip.

Backup your data for Christmas.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:25:20 UTC

In the run up to Christmas, people are starting to take care of the admin tasks that need doing.
One of them is backup.

With this in mind we have just sent a small email out to some local businesses about our Cloud Backup solution. With a hope that we catch people whilst they are preparing for the festivities and make them realise that perhaps they can utilise “The Cloud” to protect their business data with minimal costs… less than tape!

I have been backing up my data to “The Cloud” for proabably 2 years solid now; and it is nice to be able to help others utilise the technology. I was so sick of having to buy external hard drives, then bigger drives, replacing lost power supplies, etc etc.

Now I just backup via the internet. I can do it from home, the office, Starbucks, where ever I can get the internet. Because the software sends only changes, the bandwidth usage is okay too. because the data is encrypted BEFORE it is sent, I am comfortable with it sitting in an anonymous data centre. As per my previous post in relation to the DPA, I genuinely think the data is probably more secure in “The Cloud” than on my laptop!

I really hope that this email that has been sent, catches the recipients eye. And that they considder backing up to “The Cloud”. It just makes so much sense!

Lance

Geva Perry & James Urquhart – Overcast Show #3: Nov 20, 2008

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:38:46 UTC

http://www.last.fm/music/Geva%2BPerry%2B%2526%2BJames%2BUrquhart

Nice day. Being productive. Happy

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:20:27 UTC

Nice day. Being productive. Happy

Grocery delivery.... How did he know I was just sitting down for Lunch?

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:50:39 UTC

Grocery delivery.... How did he know I was just sitting down for Lunch?

Cool! A copy of "Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano" from trafford publishing has just arrived in the post. Direct from Japan too !

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:42:06 UTC

Cool! A copy of "Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano" from trafford publishing has just arrived in the post. Direct from Japan too !

Stopping for some lunch.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:38:20 UTC

Stopping for some lunch.

Working on promotion for Cloud Based backup offering.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:23:47 UTC

Working on promotion for Cloud Based backup offering.

Good Morning Monday.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:26:52 UTC

Hi everyone,
Monday is here, December 1st 2008. The sky is blue, the sun is shining and I feel (comparatively) terrific!

The cold/chest infection I have had is almost gone, which is a relief.

yesterday I gave a talk to a group of coaches at the Dartford Judo CLub about "Coaching Digital Natives", which seemed to go down well. It was interesting as it was the least "web-savvy" group I have given the talk to so far. I think it went down well, so I am happy. I really enjoy discussing the web to Judo people as I think it is an area that Judo on the whole is failing to utilize.

Which brings me to the first thing I did this morning. I applied for a 6 month contract with the BJA (British Judo Association) as an events and PR assistant.

Now, you are probably asking yourself "why?". Especially, if you've been following the blog and my other blog over at www.judocoach.com/blog .

The reason is that I am probably the most publicly critical person about the PR/Web presence of the BJA. I have written post after post about their website. I have written to them and made suggestion, some ignored, some replied to, some implemented (although I might add implemented poorly and without bothering to acknowledge my input).

I mentioned the role on my Judo Blog and people emailed me saying "GO FOR IT!"

So I have, my purpose in criticising was/is always to make things better, so I decided that if I want to criticise I should at least offer to be an employee and help them. Given I have publicly offered to take on the BJA website, applying for a job that involves working on that site seemed the only honourable thing to do.

A six month contract is also pretty desirable in terms of my short term finances. As regular visitors will know I am building my own business at the moment ( www.enVirtua.com ) and as you can imagine it takes time to develop a revenue stream, so some regular income would be good right now. After all, enVirtua has only got a couple of clients so far and the incorporation process hasn't even been completed.

Of course there are some things to navigate with the BJA role and running my own business. Not least of all is balancing hours and a working location. The BJA role is based in Loughborough and I am based in Southampton. But I shall cross that bridge when/if I cross it.

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Today is the first of December and I have my first "big" advertising campaign planned and should start today. It is promoting the Cloud Based backup service enVirtua is offering.

I have been using a cloud based backup for... quite a while, something like 18 months at least, probably more. And it is awesome, cheap and reliable.

I used to backup to external hard disk (in fact I still do via "Time Machine", but cloud based backup is terrific for me. I can archive things like podcast episodes up there and forget about them. If I ever need the files, I can access them from anywhere which has been used on more than one occasion when I have needed something and left my laptop at home.

Cloud Backup means I never run out of backup space. When I upgraded the hard disk in my laptop, the capacity suddenly grew larger than the disk I backed up to. So I had a problem, but my cloud based backup just kept growing to whatever size I need it to be.

The offering I am making via enVirtua I hope will prove popular with laptop users and small businesses. The ability to within minutes be backing up your data "offsite", and minimal cost is really valuable. No ordering expensive tape drives and tapes and waiting for delivery and installation. No having to plug in the external hard disk, just to find it's full.

Cloud backup is great, just click and go. You can backup from the office, from home, from Starbucks, where ever you have internet access. As it's all encrypted prior to transmission, it's safe.

I am hoping that the campaign I am starting today will prove successful and I can get people backing up to "The Cloud". I sincerely/genuinely believe in the concept and the product, I use it everyday and hope lots of other people do too.

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Playstation Home looks awesome in Beta!
I can't wait for it to open out and the universe to expand. My secret desire is that Sony and Linden Labs make it possible for you to access Second Life on your PS3. That would be amazing!

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http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:59:59 UTC

http://hampshire.craigslist.co.uk/

Looks like the World Masters will be in the USA in 2009.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:01:30 UTC

Looks like the World Masters will be in the USA in 2009.

Grabbing some cereal before walking my kids to school.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:16:04 UTC

Grabbing some cereal before walking my kids to school.

@cubicgarden iplayer on Ps3? Missed that. Is it on the store or just via browser?

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:18:07 UTC

@cubicgarden iplayer on Ps3? Missed that. Is it on the store or just via browser?

@beaufour what is your normal/previous OS?

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:28:54 UTC

@beaufour what is your normal/previous OS?

@andypiper I use Things and love it. The sync between laptop and iPhone is sweet.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:35:10 UTC

@andypiper I use Things and love it. The sync between laptop and iPhone is sweet.

@andypiper I see you bookmarked Things. How do you like it?

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:07:08 UTC

@andypiper I see you bookmarked Things. How do you like it?

@6thRound glad you like it! Let me know if you find any Judo blogs not featured.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:14:33 UTC

@6thRound glad you like it! Let me know if you find any Judo blogs not featured.

LanceW checked in @ near Crowdhill, ENG, United Kingdom

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:03:47 UTC

http://brightkite.com/objects/3beec0c2bf0911dda4b3003048c0801e

@cubicgarden yes you are the only one. :-)

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:33:14 UTC

@cubicgarden yes you are the only one. :-)

@SarahStewart south islander by birth Aucklander as a youth. Napier in my heart.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:31:20 UTC

@SarahStewart south islander by birth Aucklander as a youth. Napier in my heart.

@6thRound I presume you don't mean aggregator sites like Planetjudo.com . If it just plain plagarism then I hate it!

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:30:25 UTC

@6thRound I presume you don't mean aggregator sites like Planetjudo.com . If it just plain plagarism then I hate it!

@SarahStewart I am just outside Southampton, we almost moved to Salisbury earlier this year. Small universe.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:13:36 UTC

@SarahStewart I am just outside Southampton, we almost moved to Salisbury earlier this year. Small universe.

@SarahStewart yes Kiwi born and bred. Stuck in the UK now days.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:08:11 UTC

@SarahStewart yes Kiwi born and bred. Stuck in the UK now days.

@SarahStewart hang on, you should be sleeping still. Go back to bed! :)

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:05:30 UTC

@SarahStewart hang on, you should be sleeping still. Go back to bed! :)

Interesting today talking about twitter, Facebook, etc to people who were not web savvy. Ie no twitter users and 4 Facebook users.

http://lancewicks.com/noserub/lancew — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:04:25 UTC

Interesting today talking about twitter, Facebook, etc to people who were not web savvy. Ie no twitter users and 4 Facebook users.