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Carolina. Not to mention my videos on YouTube. What I've learned isthat when papers, photos and videos are everywhere, sometimes youcan't find them anywhere. And now another cloud is moving in -- iCloud, which saved me whenmy apps and iBooks mysteriously disappeared from my iPod touch. TheiPod touch, of course, means you can access any of your digitalpossessions from almost anywhere -- the beauty of the cloud.
Butthe truth is, that doesn't do me a lot of good when I don't evenknow which cloud I've seeded with what document. Let's see. Where did I put that list of guys who attended mybachelor party in 1992? Hmm. Of course, it's in the "My Tidbits"folder.
You know, right there with House Speaker John Boehner's2008 "mud sandwich" speech supporting TARP (the Troubled AssetRelief Program). Do I have any idea why I saved that? No. Would Ihave saved it if I didn't have the cloud? No way. You say you don't even know what the cloud is? Turns out only 22 percent of U.S. consumers do know -- at leastaccording to an August 2011 study by the NPD Group.
I've got thatin my "Stuff" folder on Google Docs. (Generally, cloud computing isusing the Internet and any number of devices to perform tasks andaccess applications that historically have been done and accessedon our desktop computers.) But here's the thing: Even thoughthree-quarters of the population hasn't the foggiest about thecloud, 76 percent of those polled actually use it. (Cloudpopularity fun fact: Three days worth of video are uploaded toYouTube every minute.) The reason for the cloud of confusion? There really isn't onetechnical definition of "the cloud." It's as much a term of art asscience that has come to describe all manner of Internet services,including some that were around before the phrase became popular.Just last week Larry Ellison caused a stir when he tried to clarify his frequently statedfrustration with the imprecision of the word. (Wait. Larry Ellison?A stir? Get out!) "I like the word," he said while on stage at the D: All ThingsDigital conference.
"I objected to some people saying it was new. Ilike it because it's a charismatic brand for the next generation ofcomputing." We've moved away from simply having a complicated PC connected to acomplicated network, Ellison explained. Now we're mobile withmobile devices in hand. I can access the guest list for my bachelorparty while on the go.
Well, provided I have that iPod touch withme. The other day, I left the thing at work. Within hours ofarriving home that night I was in the cold sweat of withdrawal. Itwas as if my cloud had just drifted away. And why wouldn't I get the shakes? My banking is in the cloud.
My household budget. My medicalhistory. My contacts. Images of my kids' soccer games. When you getdown to it, my entire life is in the cloud.
And it's no doubt just a matter of time before I misplace the wholething. Contact Mike Cassidy ator 408-920-5536.Follow him at Twitter.com/mikecassidy. I am Other Computer Parts writer, reports some information about bathroom ceiling tiles , office ceiling tiles.
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