Episode 013: The Cloud

In This Episode:

We explore what the cloud really is, how all the things on the Internet are crazy, and weigh the pros and cons for education's reliance on third parties for their friendly neighborhood cloud necessities.

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Show Notes & Links

Intro

Mashable at 0:45

This fierce blizzard has made February Boston’s snowiest month ever

Sean: Tackling the Cloud (Starts at 2:09)

Gizmodo at 2:37

What is “the Cloud” — and Where is it?

PC World at 3:12

iCloud vs. iTunes backups: The crucial differences that affect your data

Research Agenda in Cloud Technologies at 3:55Information Architects (iA) at 4:18

iCloud’s previous over-simplification of file hierarchy

The Economist at 4:55

Jennifer Lyn Morone incorporates herself

Quartz at 5:00

You own it, but Facebook can still use it

YouTube Help Center at 5:18

This new rule about paid product placements caused a stir

Ars Technica at 5:30

Old article about Facebook’s “deleted” photo challenge

Snapchat’s Corporate Blog at 5:45

How Snaps are Stored and Deleted

Jennifer Mack at 5:50

How the Library of Congress receives Twitter’s firehose, and what that really means for deleted tweets

Terms of Service; Didn’t Read (TOS;DR) at 6:00

A nice project that aims to help people with long Terms of Service agreements by giving them grades

Wikipedia at 6:30

Cloud computing

Apple at 6:50

Free hour-long workshops

Apple at 7:00

iCloud

iGeeksBlog at 7:20

Step 8: Do a satanic ritual

Apple Support at 7:42

My Photo Stream FAQ

Connected at 8:26

#25: The Microsoft of Ourselves

Apple at 8:40

iCloud Drive

Apple Support at 9:20

OS X Yosemite: Manage iCloud storage

YouTube at 10:19

Surprise.

Wikipedia at 11:00

The Rat Pack

Dropbox Help Center at 11:...