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My Life in the Cloud – Part 1

June 01, 2009 by Michael Brown
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Recently, the laptop I've been using for the last four years tanked on me due to a severe Windows error (yes, I'm PC owner - shoot me). This is an event that would have ruined my life two years ago, but this time around I was quite lacksadaisical about it all. How is this possible? After doing some thinking about it, I realized that the big difference between now and two years ago is that now most of my digital life is "in the cloud." 

For the uninitiated, "the cloud" is, put simply, the Internet. Nearly everything that matters to me (digitally speaking) is stored on the Internet somewhere and available from any computer at any time. This shift has occurred slowly and is so ingrained in how I do things now, that I wasn't even conscious of the peace of mind and organization that it has brought to my life.

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