[LINK] Report on CloudCamp

[Brenda Aynsley]

On 13/10/10 15:02, Roger Clarke wrote:
>
> After an hour, with zero interaction, I'd noted a single comment that
> had been worth having (by the facilitator, Kiwi Ben, no surname
> evident).  Embellished, it was this:
>
>         The increasing use by many people of multiple devices
>         is a major stimulant for separation of {data, {maybe
>         applications}} from user-devices.
>
> Ben then formed a semi-random panel from the audience, with the
> intention of getting something moving.
>
> Things didn't look like getting any better, and I figured I could
> make a lot more progress for me, and maybe even humankind, by being
> somewhere else.
>
> </miserable old bastard grizzle>
>


thank you roger for your report on the unConference.

I think this is the key to making cloud/SaaS/ASP work and which had 
failed to generate sufficient interest in the past.  Separation of data 
from the device is what is driving social networking and the Google 
phenomenon.

What stops me and I am sure many others at various points in their life, 
is TRUST.  Do I trust the storer of my information (data) to not only 
keep it safe but also to not do anything with it or to it that I would 
not want to have happen, including compliance with law enforcement.

I am about ready to embrace separation since I began using my most 
recent smart phone as more than a phone, but still am reluctant to put 
myself at the mercy of networks to access the internet or the purveyors 
of fine quality and/or free (and fine quality) storage repositories.

I guess I am one of those like you roger, a miserable old bastard ;).

cheers
brenda
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