Ubiquitous Programs and Data on an USB key

My programs and my data (work and personal) are stored on an USB key which I plug indifferently where I need: home, work and mobile. It is gratifyng to have my working environment in whatever site I am and with whatever Windows hardware I am approaching my work.

Several yeas ago I advocated the use of ubiquitous data across different operating systems. After years of experiments I finally think you are more productive if you are able to roam your applications and your application settings too. Roaming applications clearly work in a single operating system: so I choosed Windows flavors as my default working environment. (as it is in 100% of the cases the working environment of my company’s customers).

There are two important requirements that I have accomplished: data’s privacy (usb volume is transparently crypted) and data’s safety (usb volume is automatically backuped on my home server).

My geek’s hearth pulse to show how I have technically organized my environment:

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