I am a reasonably tech-savvy person.\u00a0 In fact, I often find myself giving others advice on their problems with Computers or Technology of almost any kind.\u00a0 I am also a hobbyist photographer, and up until now, have prided myself on my regular efforts at backing up data – especially the hundreds of photographs I end up shooting with my digital camera, each year.<\/p>\n
So, it was with much surprise that I read a small piece in the local daily outlining the nuances of today\u2019s storage techniques and how it might just result in a “dark age” one day.<\/p>\n
It argued that today\u2019s digital storage media formats may not last even a decade, and there\u2019s no telling what form of media will be prevalent, say, 50 years from now.\u00a0 With the proliferation of digital cameras in today\u2019s age, most pictures are not only being shot in digital form but also stored in digital formats.\u00a0 As a result, there may come a time – a century from now – when hardly any pictorial evidence may exist of our life and times!\u00a0 Compare that with the old black-and-white snapshots that outlived generations in each of our families, providing us a brief glimpse of how life was at the time\u2026<\/p>\n
Scary thought, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I\u2019m getting select pictures of my darling daughter printed on actual photo paper for the baby album!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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