My CBC interview – Getting locked out of the cloud

Published: September 10, 2008Posted in: uncategorizedTags: CBC, CBC Spark, cbc toronto, matt galloway, Nora Young, spark podcast, suspended from Twitter, the sniffer podcast

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I was interviewed by the CBC about a month ago. Nora Young contacted me a few weeks ago for an interview about my wrongful Twitter suspension. Nora is the host of the awesome CBC technology show, Spark and is co-host of a long-time favorite podcast, The Sniffer.

There were several different versions of our interview played across Canada. This version was aired in my home town, Toronto. The interview was pretty heavily edited, so my clips are pretty brief, but the topic holds true and is a great point for discussion.

What would happen if you were suddenly locked out of your personal data? Is cloud computing everything it’s cracked up to be?

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mattbigelow

Disclaimer: I did not listen (yet), but will later.

I've heard from people who have been locked out of Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, etc., and, while I agree that it's worth it to pose the question "Is cloud computing all it's cracked up to be?", I worry it's also futile. For the vast majority of those who've only experienced the immense convenience of Google Documents, for example, how do you convince them to go back to Word (other than having them get locked out)?

Anyway, I'll listen to the interview and see what the alternative is, how cloud computing is getting more/less secure, and all the other wonderful things I'm sure the interview addresses before piping in more.

Dave Delaney

Sadly, the interview didn't really address to much about that. It was
edited quite substantially.
I know what you mean too, I agree that it's easier for people to use
cloud computing and simply hope for the best. However, I do think that
users need to be more diligent with backing things up.

Ok developers, who's going to come up with an auto-backup-er for
Google docs, etc? :-)

D

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Hi, I’m Dave

I'm a community enthusiast, social media strategist, marketing professional, humorist, husband and dad living in Nashville, TN.

I'm Griffin Technology's Social Media Coordinator.

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