He still backs his files up on physical drives and discs. Hell, the guy who sits across the room from me in the DT offices refuses to store his digital data in the cloud for fear of losing his precious multimedia and assorted work documents.
If optical discs are a dying breed, then why is that so many of us still seem to be searching for the best ways to produce them? Admittedly, the digital age has welcomed new methods for storing and consuming data – the countless digital media formats and the so-called “cloud” come to mind – but they will never be as tangible and easily utilized as a copy burned on a physical disc that’s capable of being thrown in your stereo or desktop computer.
