To Anyone Who Creates Digitally: Save

You should keep copies of your work in a safe place.

Nicholas E. Barron
Nov 4 · 4 min read
Photo by Gabriel Wasylko on Unsplash

“Jesus saves,” my editor said.

It was 2003. Cloud computing hadn’t yet made it to the newsroom of the newspaper, where I worked as a reporter.

One afternoon, I sat at my computer, working on an article. The electricity blinked. My computer shut down. The story…

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