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If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...

I personally wouldn’t recommend obsidian (mentioned at the end of the article), but still, I think the article is worth reading.

  • 7heo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    And they must be local rather than remote (cloud).

    Also, always prioritise a common format served through filters (for example having all your data in postgres and minio, and serve that on demand as ICS, XML, etc) so that you don’t need to duplicate or lose data due to formats.

  • brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    It’s a good philosophy, to be sure. It doesn’t take many migrations to realize that keeping your files in open, easy to read formats is preferable.

    I also use obsidian, but I do sometimes worry that the linking and metadata will be difficult to work with in the future when the software goes away. It’s all there in the files, but my vault is slowly linking together in interesting ways that rely on obsidian functionality.

  • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Interesting, I must admit, I never thought of digital data like this. I suppose a lot of history from our current era is either online or in a digital format. That in turn makes data important to preserve, although that part was obvious.

  • drawerair@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    This reminds me of Blu-ray and streaming. Movie and series studios seem to prefer streaming over Blu-ray. If I’ll stream a movie, I won’t own it. On the other hand, if I’ll buy a Blu-ray disc, I’ll own it.

    Lately I bought a Buffalo 1-terabyte external ssd. It’ll be my backup ssd. The formats of my files are common so I don’t have an issue opening those.