Friends. I’d love to hear your thoughts on The Cloud. Windows Live asked me to write about how technology helps make my parenting life easier, and the cloud is the first thing I thought of.
What is the cloud? That real-but-seems-imaginary internet place where these days, the information of my entire life lives. I’m clearly a big fan of the cloud. When I want to make a list (I adore lists!), I start in the cloud. When Ben Blair needs to see the list I made, he goes to the cloud too — from his own computer. When we are on an errand and forget something that was on the list, we access the cloud from our phones.
How did I function before the cloud? I can’t even remember.
My favorite document on the cloud contains all the bits of information I need to reference frequently, but haven’t memorized. The kids shoe sizes. Christmas wish lists. Notes on when the next ice skating session begins. Wherever I am, if there’s access to the internet, the info is with me. Because it doesn’t live on any one phone/laptop/computer — it lives in the cloud. When I see a pair of darling toddler shoes, I simply check my handy shoe size document to see if I’ve got the right fit.
Last December, we even moved our Christmas card mailing list to the cloud. Best decision ever. All year long, we’ve updated the list with new or changed information. Either one of us can do it from any computer in the house. Now the list is ready to go for this year. Easy peasy.
What about you? Are you a cloud user? Or are you more comfortable on the ground?
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Thanks to Windows 7 and Windows Live for sponsoring this post and giving me a great excuse to talk about ways to make parenting easier — it’s one of my favorite topics! You can click here if you’d like to learn more about the power of the cloud and what it can do for you.
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