cloud storage vs. portable disk

[MaidofKent78]

Just wondering...

Where do you store your files if you want them to be accessible any time, any place?

Cloud?
USB/external drive?
Both?

If cloud, how do you deal with the times you're working offline?
If USB/external drive, how do you ensure you always remember to take it with you?
If both, how do you ensure both are synced?

I'm tidying up all my study notes/assignments, and have managed to have them in 3 separate places! Cloud, USB and laptop hard-drive. Thankfully not the desktop PC as well. So now I have to go through a clean-up exerciser, and it's got me wondering which is the best strategy going forward? Once I've finished studying, I'll be establishing a new business (all being well!) which means I'll have a similar situation, so want to get it right!

With cloud based stuff you can update documents whilst offline and it'll save and update when you connect from that device. No need to remember to carry around a thumb drive when you can just login to a cloud.

@RezCowgirl, that's true, and it's something I do PROVIDED I've been organised enough to download the files I think I might need whilst I'm offline. And you can bet your last £ there's always one, really important one I forget!

I am leaning towards the cloud though I think.

I store everything in the cloud but do a back up to a portable hard drive every week. Well, actually I do the back up when I remember but it's meant to be every week.

Cloud. Like dropbox. I'm rarely offline!