For regular photos, Flickr is great but for a serious amateur or professional, it isn't the ideal option for Backup. Great for sharing image (I use it of course - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericbrown/) but it isn't a backup solution for someone shooting RAW and wanting to keep copies of those RAW files.

I use Adobe DNG and work with it...all photos I take are backed up as original DNG and then any edits are stored in a copy of that image. If I use Flickr as my sole means of backup, I'd not be able to keep the original DNG in storage...all I'd have is a converted JPG of that image on Flickr's server. When you try to download your image(s), you won't really get the original back...you get a converted JPG image with all of the JPG conversion and compression artifacts (if any).

Also, Flickr has a monthly bandwidth limit of 2GB...I take more than 2GB of photos at one time and my wife's shots are even larger because of the Canon 5D Mark II file size (21MP stored in RAW is ~75MB per image).

Was great meeting you too Justin. Let's touch base after you get yourself hitched :)

Hi David - looking forward to chatting more.

Hey Tim - thanks for stopping by. Would love to take some time to hear more about what you are up to at Hoover's too.

Thanks Chris. It was a great session with a ton of useful information.

I'm a great fan of education but real-world experience is what matters most and that is what the session was all about...people that are on the front lines today showing others what they've experienced.

Hi Amber - It was great meeting you too. Let's touch base next week.

Hi Rachel

You are spot on...work life balance is a great thing...it brings happiness to your and life.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Glenn.

You are absolutely correct. Our society does reward this type of activity. I'd submit that this type of activity is exactly why we are in the economic crisis we are in today...people in leadership roles haven't really cared about the outcome of their actions. Their focus was (and is?) on what they can do for their pocketbook and their image.

There are some great leaders out there but you rarely hear of them...I wish that wasn't the case.

Thanks Reiselander...Carolina Beach is wonderful and extremely relaxing. I'd highly recommend it.

The theme is the Open Air theme from Woo-themes...I've customized it a bit from the original.