Waterless Clouds
I am lecturer at a multidisciplinary college where I specialize in the delivery of Literacy Studies instructions. I do use cloud-based applications for personal storage and for class purposes. For personal storage I use Google Docs and Gmail while Dropbox and WordPress are being used to store assignments and other class-related materials. I feel more comfortable using these applications as I have had bad experiences with viruses and numerous crashes which resulted in me losing critical information.
Everton
Posted in: Week 08: Files in the Cloud
bcourey 12:48 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Everton, sounds like a very good reason to head into the clouds! Or was it in using these cloud applications that you had the problems?
Everton Walker 6:34 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
bcourey,
No. I had those problems when I was banking on hard drives and t-drives etc.
Everton
andrea 6:47 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Everton, good point about the risk of viruses and crashes. Do you think that the reliability of cloud systems is better than local storage?
Andrea
Everton Walker 9:17 pm on October 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Andrea,
I do believe it is more reliable than local storage. The only thing that is missing is the closeness and ownership of my files. In the clouds, they are at the mercy of the hosts which have the know-how and expertise to secure them.
Everton