I managed to get a Google+ invite less than a week ago and I’ve been trying to play around with it and figure it out a little. I’ll be happier if it gets Hootsuite integration, but that’s just me wanting one-stop-shopping.
What I noticed tonight is that my largest group, by far, is made up of my genealogy peeps! Considering that there are those who question why genealogists would bother with social media (a question I gave my perspective on here over a year ago), I find it interesting and reassuring.
People are using social media to connect to further their genealogy ends. Whether it’s for research, finding new cousins, learning new skills, or seeking collaboration, they are out there.
Genealogists are the new early adopters!
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Disclosure: I don’t get anything from Hootsuite. In fact I pay them monthly cuz I monitor too many accounts to use the free version. But I like it enough to pay them, so there you go.
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I found this surprising but my circles bear this out. The genealogy circle is the largest and most active of mine – more active than the education technology circle and the library circle.
Interesting that we’d be more active than the Education Tech circle! I’m getting the most people coming from google+ to this post, even though I didn’t mention it there but did on twitter. Interesting.
It’s encouraging, isn’t it? Just a few years ago, this wouldn’t have been the case. Genealogy is my biggest G+ circle, too. By far.
Amy – very encouraging!
Every thing discussed here is correct! There should always be back up files. Many companies have been doing that so far, because most likely, they have already experienced losing files, and they don’t want that to happen again. I think it’s easy to store back up files already, because computers can be installed with programs that automatically stores your files in another space. Computers, just like what we know, are always making things easier for us to do!
Thanks, Dave. We are evaluating EMR’s including one that is totally cloud-based. Between your article and the comments, we need to consider the best way to approach a hybrid strategy. With EMR software, having an onsite backup might not help much if the cloud-based application seizes up. But given the known risks with local servers, especially where IT support is thin, may not be much of a trade-off.
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