8 January - Clouds

No, Not the lovely white fluffy type, set against a blue sky backdrop (Not that we see that very often in Tasmania!).

No, Not the dismal grey thick type, hovering above us threatening to dump a downpour on us at any minute (Which are all too common in Tasmania)

Im talking the Electronic type. Google. DropBox. OneDrive.

And even (harking back to a previous post) the hidden Cloud sync’s native to various sites and applications, like my incredible Wunderlist.

It seems in this modern day, we dont need the storage on our devices, or computers. We just need a good Cloud.

The choice is almost endless. Personally I love OneDrive, because it gives you a LOT of clouds to fill up. Google Drive this past week has also become a friend of mine, since we discovered the ability to upload a document there, and link it to a Calendar event in the Google Calendar. We also use clouds for Photo sharing, with automatic uploads from our phones, which then syncs with our NAS, and whammo! 10 seconds after snapping a selfie, its not only stored on the phone, but also safely secured on our NAS at home, as well as snuggled up in that fluffly little white cloudy pocket of the internet known as Dropbox. Not to mention that I can then access those photos and other files on my NAS at home, from anywhere, VIA THE QNAP CLOUD! Its never ending.

I have apps for my Todos (Wunderlist), Shopping Lists (Out of Milk), Photos and god knows what else, all of which sync to the Cloud. Even this blog, and the photos that get attached get stored in the cloud.

Which begs the question:

How much is too much? When do I finally decide Ive got enough clouds. Ive successfully gathered the electronic equivalent of a force 6 typhoon with all the Gigabytes of photos, documents, lists and various other items stored via the Cloud. But is it enough? Do I need to go and sign up for more storage? Start paying for extra clouds. Or utilise some different services. I mean, I no longer use an Apple product, but could still store some things in iCloud. I have an ASUS Cloud account from an old tablet. Again no longer, used, but available for me, anytime I wish to add to my vast collection of electronic white fluff.

My guess is, in the era of digital technology, where everything is getting smaller, faster and more efficient, we will never have enough.

But for me, right now, Im happy with my current Typhoon and glad I am able to at least slightly keep it under control.