There was a Mark Pilgrim post from a couple of years ago- can't find it at the moment - where he said that getting your data out of an application is not a feat

There was a Mark Pilgrim post from a couple of years ago- can't find it at the moment - where he said that getting your data out of an application is not a feature. I agree. Always maintain your personal data on your own computer and only push to services things at you need access to externally or want to publish/share. Even when requiring external access I would rather have ssh or similar into my own box than "the cloud".