Integrity systems

This post might seem a little clumsy but this is how things get going actually. Day by day I tend to keep files and get organized online.

For example I store all my bookmarks to del.icio.us. I have my emails kept at the mail server so they can be accessed anytime from any computer. I recently have uploaded my address books as well. I started collaborating online and many of our team documents have been saved somewhere else but not in my computer. And of course all of my web projects stay at the web server.
However I do not have find an easy solution for my images.

The abundance of the space provided by several services combined with the validity incline us to change the way we traditionally treat storage. Imagine a house where your belongings stay somewhere else. Before you go to the grocery to buy a chicken the chicken belongs to the owner of the shop. When you buy it belongs to you. Would you move it from your small fridge to the town fridge in order to gain space? Would you feel safe during the transfer or would you be afraid of a possible robbery? In the end would you like your very own chicken which you have paid with your very own hot money been kept in someone else’s fridge?

Day to day activity shows that the metaphor used above works very well in the digital era because we trust both our Internet connections and the storage systems. So services like del.icio.us have established a relationship of integrity. It is actually so solid that I do believe that my bookmarks will never get lost under any circumstances.

Looking at how we, the people, change our thought against situations like the one above could be an excellent lesson of how professionals in general should treat customer, so that by the end of the day these people could follow us blindfolded.

From all the above I end up to three conclusions:

• Using the Internet as a storage system becomes an everyday practice. It is not as simple as it sounds.
• To become trustworthy is an essential step towards professional success.
• It is still difficult to leave your chicken at someone else’s fridge :o)