--- type: this-week-with url: 'https://taylordrayson.com/2026/05/01/tww-s7-e244' title: 'Season 7, Episode 244' date: '2026-05-01T13:00:00+01:00' fields: episode: S7E244 season: '7' number: '244' topic: 'Internet went down - Lost Cloud Smart Home Devices - Reflection, Looking at yourself through a friends eyes - Variations On The Ways Of Getting Feedback, Both Good And Bad - Brave And Scary - Planning Ahead - Backing Up Using The 123 Rule - Archiving Or Deleting Video Footage - Tickets For The Diary Of Anne Frank' duration: '20m 21s' --- # Season 7, Episode 244 Internet went down - Lost Cloud Smart Home Devices - Reflection, Looking at yourself through a friends eyes - Variations On The Ways Of Getting Feedback, Both Good And Bad - Brave And Scary… Internet went down Thursday Night - and took a week to get back up Lots of hassle getting it fixed Cloud smart home devices all stopped working Reflection - looking at yourself through a friends eyes One thing they think you do well and one thing they think you could do better at Would anonymous feedback be better? Does the person who gives you the feedback make a difference? Likening this to testimonials for your business We may come back to this to find out the results Brave and scary at the same time Finding trends Planing ahead - what to do when the internet goes down? Used up all my mobile data for the next month 321 Backup - 3 places, 2 different media, 1 offsite Backup important data - don't forget settings files Video is too big to backup - finished edit goes on YouTube, Vimeo and my NAS drive Give the client the option to store the files for editing in the future - with a cost involved for storage Speak to the POP! client to see if they want the source files archived Giving the files to the client is not a good way to keep control of the product Time Machine for computer backups Do you have plans in place for downtime? Diary of Anne Frank Tickets - https://www.ticketsource.com/parlour-players   Visit the website: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk Drayson Design Website – https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website – https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/facebook Youtube: https://www.thisweekwith.co.uk/youtube * Full transcript will be available on the website. We may receive a referral fee from any of our links which help towards the costs involved in creating this content for you. ## See also - Listen: [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/thisweekwith/www.thisweekwith.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/this-week-with-taylor-gordon-podcast-244.mp3) - Watch: [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/HJOwdaqx2Xk) - All this week with: [This Week With](https://taylordrayson.com/this-week-with) - That day: [1 May 2026](https://taylordrayson.com/2026/05/01)