Here’s something else to think about if you’re getting into coud computing: Backup. What’s backup doing on the list of cloud computing disadvantages? It’s supposed to be one of the big advantages. In theory, it is. If your comparison is to the sloppy job most home users to with backup, it’s probably an advantage in… [Read More]

Here are the first two areas of concern for cloud computing. Privacy. So your data is out there in the cloud. The cloud is an abstraction; your data is sitting on somebody else’s disks in one or more of their computer centers. Who is managing those disks? From one perspective, it’s a bunch of people… [Read More]

Cloud computing has been much in the news of late, with Steve Jobs’ announcement the other day adding a little exclamation point. The excitement is approaching giddiness. At the risk of raining on the parade, I thought I’d do a few posts on some of the downsides of cloud computing. First, let me explain my… [Read More]

I have posted quite a few recountings of out of box experiences (OOBEs) over the last year or so. They have been some of the most popular postings on this blog. I thought I’d go back and let you all know what I think about some of these products after living with them for extended… [Read More]

You know how it is when you get new glasses. Before you go to see the ophthalmologist, you think you can see just fine. Your vision has deteriorated so slowly that you’ve adapted to it. When you pop on the new specs and walk out the door, it’s a shock. The world is so much… [Read More]