Data Management
One of my main interests is in figuring out the optimal way to manage all aspects of personal digital data. My end goal is to write a ‘best practices’ guide for users with varying degrees of technical knowledge, but for now this page will be a work-in-progress as I gradually fill-in the pieces.
A (mostly) exhaustive list of the data I’m considering:
- Home Photos
- Home Videos
- Ripped/Downloaded Movies
- Ripped/Downloaded Music
- Personal Documents (emails, tax returns, chatlogs, scanned receipts, bills, etc)
- Downloaded applications/games etc (E.g. through services like Steam)
Factors to consider for the above data:
- Primary storage (where it can be easily accessible by multiple users, both local and remote)
- Backup (both local and offsite)
- Ensuring data integrity
- Easily searchable
- Cross-platform accessibility
- Storing cloud data locally
