On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:58 PM, ed <[email protected]> wrote: > Working towards establishing my first ledger system and wondering how > to go about version control, backups, security etc. > How do people enter and manage their data?
I'm on Windows and I've got a setup of editing with Vim, store data file + documentation (various accounts etc.) in a Truecrypt volume on Dropbox. I've got a bunch of batch files that make for a rudimentary menu system with the most common queries/reports, and do automatic mounting of the truecrypt volume. Only been doing it for a few weeks and I don't sync automatically with bank accts (prefer manual for the extra checking) but it's working great so far. I love Dropbox. Apart from this, yesterday I found a great resource with free books about accounting (requires email address to download + books have some ads, but the site is legit, i.e. from a mainstream newspaper here in the Netherlands). It's very nice to get a basis in the fundamentals of accounting, or refresh things you don't quite remember from your business accounting classes :) They have books in both Dutch & English, check out http://www.depers.nl/studieboeken/ cheers, roel
