Temp storage?

[JoJoGabor]

checdk out a new service from microsoft www.mesh.com. Allows syncing of data from laptop to phone to mac via a 5GB online storage area. It will also download a utility to sync your laptop

[RichardCranium]

You've copied all your stuff from work, for what purpose?

I take a copy of business cases, PIDs, and any other documents I think I may re-use. Any value-add consultancy I do (reports, proposals, recommendations) are always marked (c) MyLtdCo despite being written in ClientCo time so they come with me. Any documents I am particularly pleased with also come.

Since I try to work in a niche field, I find myself telling different clients the same things and producing similar documentation; no client has yet complained of the time saved.

What gets annoying is when ClientCo have all the CD drives and USB ports disabled to prevent you stealing stuff; that makes it hard to let them benefit from what I possess (yet without making it much harder to take what I want off site!)

[Badger]

In those cases I email the documents to myself to 'work on from home'

[MPwannadecentincome]

To add value as a contractor.

Sorry everyone I didn't mean to start another thread within a thread - it just struck me as odd that a wholescale copy of all work is done given the legalities of doing this.

Taking select material for 'research' purposes, yes I can accept but the whole sourcebase for a system is a bit suspect IMHO and isn't there stuff in your contracts about confidential and copyrighted materials, intelluctual property etc etc?

RichardCranium - I like your idea of putting your Ltd Co name on your reports!

[snaw]

Sorry everyone I didn't mean to start another thread within a thread - it just struck me as odd that a wholescale copy of all work is done given the legalities of doing this.

Taking select material for 'research' purposes, yes I can accept but the whole sourcebase for a system is a bit suspect IMHO and isn't there stuff in your contracts about confidential and copyrighted materials, intelluctual property etc etc?

RichardCranium - I like your idea of putting your Ltd Co name on your reports!

To be honest, I don't really care. I'm not taking it to steal some intellectual property from client x fro my own benefit, and I'm not taking other people's work. I'm just taking a copy of work I've done, that I may or may not use again somewhere else, or at least reference when I'm working on a project if it's relevant.

Maybe for you programmers it's different.

[Spacecadet]

Sorry everyone I didn't mean to start another thread within a thread - it just struck me as odd that a wholescale copy of all work is done given the legalities of doing this.

Taking select material for 'research' purposes, yes I can accept but the whole sourcebase for a system is a bit suspect IMHO and isn't there stuff in your contracts about confidential and copyrighted materials, intelluctual property etc etc?

RichardCranium - I like your idea of putting your Ltd Co name on your reports!

Usually i've written the entire source base so not a problem there

As I said, I don't recycle code from one client to another. Always write from scratch. It's not morals that make me do that, it's just that the variety of work I do is such that it makes better sense.
However there are techniques which I want to keep hold of. It's simpler to just copy everything than to selectively pick and choose.
There is also the possibility that the old client might contact me with a query. If I have the source code with me I can quickly refer back to it and give them an answer.

[TheFaQQer]

Usually i've written the entire source base so not a problem there

As I said, I don't recycle code from one client to another. Always write from scratch. It's not morals that make me do that, it's just that the variety of work I do is such that it makes better sense.
However there are techniques which I want to keep hold of. It's simpler to just copy everything than to selectively pick and choose.
There is also the possibility that the old client might contact me with a query. If I have the source code with me I can quickly refer back to it and give them an answer.

If you take the code and documents with you, then if any query ever arose (either about the work, or the quality thereof), at least you have something to refer to.

I recycle code as and when I need to - there is no point in reinventing the wheel. There are code samples on my blog that I add information to occasionally, so what's the difference?

[Ardesco]

Oops,

Packed up my home PC yesterday and it's now in a container without copying all my work stuff from current job (I always take a copy of what I've done with me).

Any suggestions on temp on line storage (A month or so), for free?

I have an Ubuntu One account for if and when it's needed:

https://one.ubuntu.com/

2GB for free, or 50GB if you want to pay $10 (so £6ish) a month.

[xoggoth]

Though google was doing free storage.

[snaw]

Though google was doing free storage.

Only certain types of doc you can upload I think