I remember burning my first DVD-ROM. I thought, ‘wow, this will last me decades, and my data will be immune to viruses and accidental deletion’. I felt I’d achieved the Holy Grail of data archiving. Plus, hey, nearly 4 gigs on one disc? It seemed like science fiction.
Fast forward to 2023, with its cloud drives, external hard drives, micro SD cards, and thumb drives. My data is…
