I used to store my “work knowledge base”, as Notes in Outlook. That’s what I was doing before, and that’s what I did for the last 1.5 years. So I collected quite some snippets of practical knowledge, work-related thoughts, etc. all as notes in Outlook. The mailboxes are on Exchange server, all backed-up, the backups are (should be…) stored in compliance with document retention regulations. So that’s quite a fail-safe method of storing the precious gems, right? No! After my pc was reinstalled, I found that this single damn notes folder, was not being synched through the firewall, effectively it’s like if it were on the local drive! Here I am, with 1.5 years worth of systematized knowledge down the drain.

I make backup copies of files I work on, store my old mails, archive the important data on my home pc, and when I put trust in someone else’s system, I get burnt! Never put your eggs in someone else’s basket.