Marginalium

Storing data generationally—how to store for 100 years. I found it interesting because I’m very into data preservation, but also, it frames the problem in ways that I think are fairly intuitive. It’s easy enough to pass a box of photos to your grand-children, but how are you going to get your iPhone backups to them? Hardrives fail (faster than you’d think). Clouds rely on companies sticking around, or maintaining their services. Even magnetic tape degrades (although it’s the technical best option). Essentially, the article concludes that it should be a prompt for you to pick a method, any method, and commit to maintaining it.