Comments on: On my cloud, baby http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/ Spinning the Social Web Thu, 17 May 2012 05:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Janet Clarey http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3314 Janet Clarey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-3314 Hi Matt. Thanks for passing along the information. I haven't checked out Zoho lately. Agree with you on moving in the direction of editing offline (for user security). It works for me as a parachute at least. Hi Matt. Thanks for passing along the information. I haven’t checked out Zoho lately. Agree with you on moving in the direction of editing offline (for user security). It works for me as a parachute at least.

]]> By: Janet Clarey http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5435 Janet Clarey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:00 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-5435 Hi Matt. Thanks for passing along the information. I haven't checked out Zoho lately. Agree with you on moving in the direction of editing offline (for user security). It works for me as a parachute at least. Hi Matt. Thanks for passing along the information. I haven’t checked out Zoho lately. Agree with you on moving in the direction of editing offline (for user security). It works for me as a parachute at least.

]]> By: Janet Clarey http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3313 Janet Clarey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:47:10 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-3313 Dave - Well of course clouds are cool again, I'm writing about them ; ) I share your paranoia though. Chef's knifes? I'm more afraid of the skateboard. Dave – Well of course clouds are cool again, I’m writing about them ; )

I share your paranoia though. Chef’s knifes? I’m more afraid of the skateboard.

]]> By: Janet Clarey http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5434 Janet Clarey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:47:00 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-5434 Dave - Well of course clouds are cool again, I'm writing about them ; ) I share your paranoia though. Chef's knifes? I'm more afraid of the skateboard. Dave – Well of course clouds are cool again, I’m writing about them ; )

I share your paranoia though. Chef’s knifes? I’m more afraid of the skateboard.

]]> By: Matt Crosslin http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 Matt Crosslin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:31:54 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-3312 Think about it: if you step out of an airplane and try to walk on the cloud - what happens? :) Maybe that's where the cloud metaphor does work - try to work on your documents without the Internet - splat! Anyway, I know that Zoho.com was working on a project that used Google Gears to store offline versions of your documents (Zoho's, not Google's - strange that they beat Google to the punch with their own tool). Some editing capabilities were not available offline, but you still could do basic Word processing in your browser even while offline. I think most cloud computing initiatives need to move this direction - just because of the simple fact that sometimes the Net is down. But it also adds a separate layer of security. I don't know where that part of the Zoho project currently is, though - haven't checked in on it in a while. Think about it: if you step out of an airplane and try to walk on the cloud – what happens? :) Maybe that’s where the cloud metaphor does work – try to work on your documents without the Internet – splat!

Anyway, I know that Zoho.com was working on a project that used Google Gears to store offline versions of your documents (Zoho’s, not Google’s – strange that they beat Google to the punch with their own tool). Some editing capabilities were not available offline, but you still could do basic Word processing in your browser even while offline. I think most cloud computing initiatives need to move this direction – just because of the simple fact that sometimes the Net is down. But it also adds a separate layer of security. I don’t know where that part of the Zoho project currently is, though – haven’t checked in on it in a while.

]]> By: Matt Crosslin http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 Matt Crosslin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-5433 Think about it: if you step out of an airplane and try to walk on the cloud - what happens? :) Maybe that's where the cloud metaphor does work - try to work on your documents without the Internet - splat! Anyway, I know that Zoho.com was working on a project that used Google Gears to store offline versions of your documents (Zoho's, not Google's - strange that they beat Google to the punch with their own tool). Some editing capabilities were not available offline, but you still could do basic Word processing in your browser even while offline. I think most cloud computing initiatives need to move this direction - just because of the simple fact that sometimes the Net is down. But it also adds a separate layer of security. I don't know where that part of the Zoho project currently is, though - haven't checked in on it in a while. Think about it: if you step out of an airplane and try to walk on the cloud – what happens? :) Maybe that’s where the cloud metaphor does work – try to work on your documents without the Internet – splat!

Anyway, I know that Zoho.com was working on a project that used Google Gears to store offline versions of your documents (Zoho’s, not Google’s – strange that they beat Google to the punch with their own tool). Some editing capabilities were not available offline, but you still could do basic Word processing in your browser even while offline. I think most cloud computing initiatives need to move this direction – just because of the simple fact that sometimes the Net is down. But it also adds a separate layer of security. I don’t know where that part of the Zoho project currently is, though – haven’t checked in on it in a while.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 Dave Ferguson Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:44:06 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-3311 The cloud metaphor, nebulous as it is, isn't new. GE Information Services seemed to <i>require</i> a cloud in any diagram or client presentation. The cloud meant, in effect, "Don't worry about the computer, the processing, or your data. We've got it covered." That was good enough at one time for AppleTalk, for Target's EDI processing, and for email at the Vatican. Now clouds are cool again, and I'm sure somebody's already spinning up <i>Cloud 2.0</i>. One way in which I think the public utility comparison is apt: when the cloud fails, pal, you are just plain out of luck. If your data resides only in the cloud, then it's gonna be completely offline. I am deeply paranoid about backing up data, and would no more have my prime backup (let alone my only one) be on someone else's computer than I would juggle chef's knifes while skateboarding down the 508-foot escalator at the <a>Wheaton Metro station</i> in the D.C. suburbs. The cloud metaphor, nebulous as it is, isn’t new. GE Information Services seemed to require a cloud in any diagram or client presentation. The cloud meant, in effect, “Don’t worry about the computer, the processing, or your data. We’ve got it covered.”

That was good enough at one time for AppleTalk, for Target’s EDI processing, and for email at the Vatican. Now clouds are cool again, and I’m sure somebody’s already spinning up Cloud 2.0.

One way in which I think the public utility comparison is apt: when the cloud fails, pal, you are just plain out of luck. If your data resides only in the cloud, then it’s gonna be completely offline.

I am deeply paranoid about backing up data, and would no more have my prime backup (let alone my only one) be on someone else’s computer than I would juggle chef’s knifes while skateboarding down the 508-foot escalator at the Wheaton Metro station in the D.C. suburbs.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://janetclarey.com/2008/08/20/on-my-cloud-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 Dave Ferguson Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:44:00 +0000 http://janetclarey.com/?p=740#comment-5432 The cloud metaphor, nebulous as it is, isn't new. GE Information Services seemed to <i>require</i> a cloud in any diagram or client presentation. The cloud meant, in effect, "Don't worry about the computer, the processing, or your data. We've got it covered." That was good enough at one time for AppleTalk, for Target's EDI processing, and for email at the Vatican. Now clouds are cool again, and I'm sure somebody's already spinning up <i>Cloud 2.0</i>. One way in which I think the public utility comparison is apt: when the cloud fails, pal, you are just plain out of luck. If your data resides only in the cloud, then it's gonna be completely offline. I am deeply paranoid about backing up data, and would no more have my prime backup (let alone my only one) be on someone else's computer than I would juggle chef's knifes while skateboarding down the 508-foot escalator at the <a>Wheaton Metro station in the D.C. suburbs.</a> The cloud metaphor, nebulous as it is, isn’t new. GE Information Services seemed to require a cloud in any diagram or client presentation. The cloud meant, in effect, “Don’t worry about the computer, the processing, or your data. We’ve got it covered.”

That was good enough at one time for AppleTalk, for Target’s EDI processing, and for email at the Vatican. Now clouds are cool again, and I’m sure somebody’s already spinning up Cloud 2.0.

One way in which I think the public utility comparison is apt: when the cloud fails, pal, you are just plain out of luck. If your data resides only in the cloud, then it’s gonna be completely offline.

I am deeply paranoid about backing up data, and would no more have my prime backup (let alone my only one) be on someone else’s computer than I would juggle chef’s knifes while skateboarding down the 508-foot escalator at the Wheaton Metro station in the D.C. suburbs.

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