April 13th, 2010 Posted in Computer

Cloud Computing explained using kittens.

Just got back from a very informative and well delivered talk on what cloud computing is and why it matters at Nott Tuesday, Nottingham’s tech meetup. Powerpoint can be the worst thing ever, but Simon Wardley made his talk extremely entertaining with liberal use of graphs and kittens.

I have heard cloud computing debates before and it usually gets a bit confusing as everyone confounds what they actually mean by cloud computing, and then go off on a bender about security etc. Simon dispelled common myths about the cloud and laid it all out in simple terms, referencing numerous sources and historical events to explain what the cloud is, what it isn’t and why it is relevant. Check out a version of the talk on Youtube below.