Paul Gigas

Hi! I'd really like to chat with anybody who has succeeded in using the cloud while in transit. There seem to be numerous practical matters which do not appear in theory. Everybody seems to be looking for a more portable solution. I am not sure what sense there is to using the cloud when you have to remain portable. Of course when you can't charge the batteries, then you are down. But when you are local a negative or undependable internet connect does not mean the end of everything. One problem that is little considered when work tends to focus on the cloud is the problem of backups. I am always intensely concerned with backing up my blog, for instance. I have heard rumors of very nasty stories: an important free lance photographer losing not replaceable photos, for instance. Then there are problems of virus attacks from unsecured wifi, and so on. When I am on the road I cannot afford to deal with a machine that is barely serviceable. The hot spotting theory is theory only. It is nice as a theory, but as a practical solution, well, has anybody really tried it? I mean really? 4G is better but expensive. (Incidentally, 4G plus a Linode plus a Dropbox, assuming you are talking about any data at all, can add up to quite a sum per month.) And after you pay the bill, somebody else is in control of your data.