WEBVTT - Online doesn't mean forever

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that online doesn't mean forever. So if there

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<v Speaker 1>is content online that you will need in the future,

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<v Speaker 1>save it somewhere you are sure you will be able

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<v Speaker 1>to access it. So I know a lot of young

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<v Speaker 1>people are warned that online is forever. That mildly obscene

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<v Speaker 1>comment you left on a social media post as a

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<v Speaker 1>teenager could be found by a potential employer when you

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<v Speaker 1>are job hunting at thirty. It is a sobering realization.

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<v Speaker 1>But unfortunately, if embarrassing things last, sometimes useful stuff disappears.

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<v Speaker 1>For various reasons. It turns out that online isn't forever

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<v Speaker 1>for every thing. For instance, I keep reading stories of

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<v Speaker 1>people who got fired or laid off from their jobs

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<v Speaker 1>and can't access stuff on their work server or in

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<v Speaker 1>their work email that is actually personal. Obviously, it is

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<v Speaker 1>awful to lose a job. It adds to the awfulness

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<v Speaker 1>if you can't access your eyeglasses prescription, or your finance spreadsheet,

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<v Speaker 1>or your Christmas card list, or the presentation you are

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<v Speaker 1>giving at that industry conference or that wonderful recommendation letter

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<v Speaker 1>your mintor wrote for you, but you are just keeping

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<v Speaker 1>as an attachment to the work email where he sent it. Yikes.

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<v Speaker 1>One can debate the merits of homing from work, as

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<v Speaker 1>the saying goes, but a lot of information workers do

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<v Speaker 1>personal things on their lunch breaks, with the result that

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<v Speaker 1>the info is on the work computer. Being fired or

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<v Speaker 1>laid off may not be avoidable, but losing access to

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<v Speaker 1>your personal files is. Even if you don't have a

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<v Speaker 1>personal computer and use your work computer for everything, it

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<v Speaker 1>is wise to save your files in a place you

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<v Speaker 1>will always have access to them. One simple option is

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<v Speaker 1>Google Drive, with a drive attached to your personal email,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, and not your work email. It's pretty easy

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<v Speaker 1>to get a personal email account these days. If you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have one, you can do this. That brings me

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<v Speaker 1>to a related point. Some people use their work email

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<v Speaker 1>address for everything. There are plenty of reasons not to

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<v Speaker 1>do that, but I realize a lot of people do.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are one of them, be sure there aren't

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<v Speaker 1>any personal messages you may need access to in the

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<v Speaker 1>future that you can only access through your work email account.

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<v Speaker 1>One option is just to see your personal email on

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<v Speaker 1>messages you send and forward messages you receive to your

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<v Speaker 1>personal account. That way, even if you primarily send and

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<v Speaker 1>receive messages from your work account, you will have them

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<v Speaker 1>available in your personal email account too. Now, to be clear,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about making sure you have personal access to

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<v Speaker 1>personal content. I am not suggesting that you save work

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<v Speaker 1>documents to your personal server or forward work emails to

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<v Speaker 1>your personal account, especially if there are any security issues involved.

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<v Speaker 1>But that note from your mentor needs to be available

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<v Speaker 1>if you are suddenly escorted out of your office and

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<v Speaker 1>you want to use that note to help you land

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<v Speaker 1>another job. Not only do you want to be prepared

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<v Speaker 1>if you lose access to work servers or email to

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<v Speaker 1>ensure you can still get access to your personal things,

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<v Speaker 1>it's also wise to be prepared if important web content

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<v Speaker 1>gets taken down. For instance, if you apply for a job,

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<v Speaker 1>save the job description. You don't want to find yourself

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for an interview but unable to review the job

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<v Speaker 1>description because it's no longer posted. If you cite an

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<v Speaker 1>internet source and a work document or even on your

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<v Speaker 1>personal blog, capture it somehow, even as a screen shot

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that, so if you or someone else

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<v Speaker 1>needs to refer to the source in the future, you can.

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<v Speaker 1>It is convenient to keep links on file for pages

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<v Speaker 1>you'll want to return to, but don't count on a

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<v Speaker 1>weblink working for you forever. It might go behind a paywall,

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<v Speaker 1>or the site will get acquired and the new owners

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<v Speaker 1>will take it in a different direction. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>it is wise not to count on online being forever.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'll need something, save it somewhere you'll be able

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<v Speaker 1>to get to it. Then that will be one last

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<v Speaker 1>thing to worry about. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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