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 3:55
Information 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 11:00
Packrat a.k.a. Extended Version History
Hacker News at 11:33
HIPPA-compliant servers are a can of worms
All Things D at 12:27
Those Dropbox checkmarks were hacks. Yosemite made them official. Some people don’t like it.
Stack Exchange at 13:30
Users need feedback… man.
OS X Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) at 13:30
Post-Show Follow-Up: There is some visual feedback when your Mac can’t connect to the Internet to upload the file to iCloud Drive, but it varies in helpfulness depending on your Finder view:
Microsoft Office Online at 14:00
Adobe Creative Cloud at 14:02
iCloud Beta at 14:04
Now anyone can use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for iCloud
Wired at 15:28
Mat Honan gets hacked — Apple and Amazon were accomplices
Medium at 15:31
Naoki Hiroshima’s @N gets hacked — PayPal and GoDaddy were accomplices
Sam: Cloud of Crazy Things (Starts at 17:04)
IFTTT at 17:06
If this, then that — and that, and this, and those
IFTTT’s Do, Do, and Do at 17:14
We are manure, I mean.. mature
Conditional Statements at 17:50
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Text to Escape at 18:21
Skedaddle as a Service
Text (sans hashtag) to change your Hue’s hue at 18:50
Urban Dictionary: qq
Amazon at 19:00
Philip’s Hue Starter Pack
IFTTT’s Channels at 19:16
166 as of February 24, 2015
Wikipedia at 20:30
Internet of Things (IoT) a.k.a. Cloud of Crazy Things
CNET at 20:44
Intel and Samsung loves them some IoT
Vessyl at 21:07
VESSYL AUTOMATICALLY KNOWS AND TRACKS EVERYTHING YOU DRINK. EVERYTHING.
Beam Toothbrush at 22:26
We weren’t joking
YouTube at 23:04
Surprise.
App Store at 23:35
Beam Brush
YouTube at 23:46
Surprise.
Computer or Fridge? at 24:35
This is a challenge
Amazon.co.uk at 25:58
Ladies and Gentlemen, the iKettle
Bryan: Third Party clouds and Education (Starts at 26:35)
Google Scholar at 26:48
Cost benefit analysis of cloud computing in education
Episode 008: eBooks, with Connor Mason at 27:21
Digitize all the things.
Wikipedia at 28:44
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Blackboard at 28:58
It happens.
seanwes at 30:00
Build Your Platform – Not Someone Else’s
Adventures in Adjunct Teaching at 30:40
This person really hates Blackboard.
Google Chrome at 32:30
Googley education
Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences at 33:22
Percentages for cloud usage in different Industrial Sectors and Services Pie Chart
International Journal of Information Management at 34:10
Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?
Chromebooks in Education at 35:44
Affordable. Easy management. Classroom impact.
Education Week at 36:55
Increase funds for the U.S. Department of Education — part of it going towards technology
Apple at 36:57
iPad in Education
Ecosystem Lock-in at 39:20
Hey… lmgtfy!
Outro (at 39:35)
Episode 012: Voice as UI, with Scott Ryan-Hart at 39:45
Soylent at 41:45
“Each serving of Soylent provides maximum nutrition with minimum effort.”