Cartoon illustration of a man looking at the clouds.
Cartoon illustration of a man working on the laptop.
Cartoon illustration of the cloud connecting door bell, hotel key and a few things connecting to a man.
Cartoon illustration of a man recalculating the route while driving a car.
Cartoon illustration of a man looking at his car falling into a cloud.
Cartoon illustration of a man reading books in the library.
Cartoon illustration of a man about to enter into a server room.

A WORD TO THE NERD

What Is “THE CLOUD”?

Well, as you've noticed by now, this is a different kind of book about the cloud.

I've been building cloud applications for quite a few years, and I still have trouble explaining to my friends and family exactly what it is I do. In fact, a couple of years ago I realized that I had just kind of given up.

Sample conversation:

  • A NORMAL PERSON: “So what do you do for work?”
  • ME: “Gargle, gargle.”

This is not because the cloud is so ...

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