Michelle’s Cloudy Thoughts
I’m the crazy band and choir teacher who careens into her English classroom with ears ringing. I’m also the one that’s constantly calling IT about the state of the wireless network (don’t get me started) and the one in the staff meeting who is multitasking on my iPhone. I think I’m three courses (not including this one) from completing MET and thank goodness for Google (Gmail, Docs), Dropbox, 1Password, WordPress, Weebly, YouTube, Skype, Facebook. I once despaired of trying to maintain all my info on either a big enough usb or bringing my own hard drive with me. No longer. As long as I can connect to the internet, I’m good. So what happens when I can’t connect?
Posted in: Week 08: Files in the Cloud
bcourey 12:53 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I agree that when you can’t have internet access, the world of the cloud closes hard. That’s why I like applications like Evernote that has a foot in both worlds – I can still take notes on any device that I have installed the application on – and then as soon as I do have access to the internet Evernote synchronizes everything and the files I created on the device now flies into the cloud…I need to find other applications that do the same thing to overcome the problem of limited internet access everywhere you go.
andrea 6:52 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Michelle, issues with Internet connections are also one of the questions/concerns I have. Even my reliable home connection experiences the occasional hiccup, and when travelling it’s sometimes hard to find a reliable connection. Free wireless is available in so many places, but it’s not always a speedy, reliable connection. I like Brenda’s note about tools that have “a foot in both worlds”.
themusicwoman 11:42 am on November 2, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Dear Brenda and Andrea,
I like Brenda’s note about “a foot in both world’s” 🙂 Evernote is one of those apps that I am trying to use more.
After frustrating network issues lately, I’m not as enthused as I was about the cloud from the time I posted, lol.
Thanks for the comments.