I entered the 21st century today. Or maybe the 21st century dragged me in, in spite of myself.
I purchased 20GB of storage from Google for five dollars per year.
My resistance has never been about security, privacy, or ownership. It’s been about the subscription. It’s always bugged me that online services want me to pay into perpetuity for something static.
But I was chatting with my old friend Benjamino McMurry last night, and he told me he stores all of his pictures on Picasaweb. He said he purchased 20GB, he stores all his photos online in full size, and he’s happy about it.
I felt something change in my brain. I instantaneously decided to do this same.
Believe it or not this is a pressing issue. I need to back up my system (pictures, mainly) bec I need to upgrade to Snow Leopard bec I need to install Xcode bec I need to learn how on earth Apple development works bec development is my business now and bec my RAC guy is almost done with my MVP which I will surely have to maintain/extend.
All of this has been swimming around in my head for a two weeks, poking at the soft spots. So when Ben told me he bought 20GB, my brain just said, “Yes.”
It’s interesting that no amount or manner of marketing has swayed me in the slightest for years.
This is what Crossing the Chasm/The Four Steps to the Epiphany /Purple Cow are about. Mass marketing is pointless as an influencial tool. It’s good for awareness, which may build credibility. But if ur ever going to scale, you have to find people like Benjamino and make them really happy. Those people are the key.
