http://www.keenerliving.com/living-in-the-techno-cloud A retired professional talks about life, technology, learning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.keenerliving.com/living-in-the-techno-cloud#comment-1770 Bruce Keener Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:50:12 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2007/08/29/living-in-the-techno-cloud/#comment-1770 Interesting points. I had not considered that the horse is already out of the barn, as you say, but you are certainly right. In that sense we cannot avoid the cloud. Interesting points. I had not considered that the horse is already out of the barn, as you say, but you are certainly right. In that sense we cannot avoid the cloud.

]]> http://www.keenerliving.com/living-in-the-techno-cloud#comment-1769 capo Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.keenerliving.com/2007/08/29/living-in-the-techno-cloud/#comment-1769 Eric Schmidt talks a good game. I remember hearing him a couple years running at Brainshare when he was heading up Novell. He might be the source of the term "cloud" as you're using it. Novell has long referred to the network (be it a LAN or the Internet) as "the cloud". I always assumed it was just a nice fuzzy reference to a connection that you didn't feel the need to enumerate. Kind of like calling a complicated technical device a "black box". As to having data hosted in "the cloud" - I'm wary of it. I weigh security, privacy, convenience and cost together to make that decision on a case by case basis. At this point, I keep as little important personal information as possible anyplace but on my local machine. The sad part is that the horse is already out of the barn. The government, insurance companies and financial entities know all about me, so regardless of how careful I am, my information interests are still largely at the mercy of others. Eric Schmidt talks a good game. I remember hearing him a couple years running at Brainshare when he was heading up Novell. He might be the source of the term “cloud” as you’re using it. Novell has long referred to the network (be it a LAN or the Internet) as “the cloud”. I always assumed it was just a nice fuzzy reference to a connection that you didn’t feel the need to enumerate. Kind of like calling a complicated technical device a “black box”. As to having data hosted in “the cloud” – I’m wary of it. I weigh security, privacy, convenience and cost together to make that decision on a case by case basis. At this point, I keep as little important personal information as possible anyplace but on my local machine. The sad part is that the horse is already out of the barn. The government, insurance companies and financial entities know all about me, so regardless of how careful I am, my information interests are still largely at the mercy of others.

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