The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing (Rough Guides Reference) [Paperback]

Peter Buckley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2010 | Series: Rough Guides Reference

"The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing" is your essential 'how to' guide for taking your life online, sharing 100 websites that will change your life forever. This guide takes a practical view at the phenomena of 'cloud computing' - in simple terms, computing that takes the focus away from applications that live on home PCs and instead puts it all online. This guide will teach you how to use these tools to become more productive, find new ways to work and, of course, play online in this ever changing digital age. Written for novices and experts alike this jargon-busting guide will teach you how to stay in sync so that your contacts, emails, bookmarks and calendars are always at your fingertips. Discover how to keep in touch with friends using Google Docs, Zoho Office, Twiddla and how to take your media online, sharing snaps on Flickr and discovering new music with Spotify and Last.fm. Rely on tips and tricks for protecting precious data online and avoiding getting scammed. Find the coolest Cloud tools including using Remember The Milk to plan your days and discover how to scrapbook your life with Evernote. "The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing" will help you find your feet, and keep a cool head, in the Cloud.

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About the Author

Peter Buckley has co-authored best-selling titles including The Rough Guide to Macs & OS X and The Rough Guide to The Internet

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 1 edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1848365209
• ISBN-13: 978-1848365209
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book is about applications on the cloud, September 22, 2010

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James L. Fuqua "Jim" (Hendersonville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a nice little book about applications on the cloud that you can use.

I wanted a book about how to put my application on the cloud for others to use. That is not what I got. If I had read the description a bit closer I would have realized what the book is about. It is about 100 programs or services out there that you can use as an end user.

I rated it 4 stars because it does what it sets out to do reasonably well. I will learn something as I read it, just not what I need to know at the moment.

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing" - 100 websites that will change your life!, May 2, 2011

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Michael Sykes (GLENWOOD, ILLINOIS, US) - See all my reviews

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"The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing" is a learning guide that will ask us the question - Are you making the most of your Life online?...It's audience is for, in the main, the non-technical IT Internet users of Cloud Computing...In the future, we will wonder how we managed in the days before All our documents, bookmarks, emails, applications and music,etc. were available to us from anywhere, from any device, 24-7!...This view is that Cloud Computing is All about being creative, being entertained and being organized in an ever-changing Digital Age!
"The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing" will cover Cloud basics / Life in the cloud / Work in the cloud & Play in the cloud!...It will provide 100 websites that will change your / our life!...Some may be old friends & The Rough Guide to Cloud Computing (Rough Guide Reference Series)some may become new...Cloud Computing is a Moving Target!...However, Make the Most of your Life & Time on Mother Earth!...Michael.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great book on cloud computing that is going to be a big part on computers, August 4, 2010

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this is a great book on cloud computing that is going to be a big part on the future of computers.