The document discusses two promises of cloud storage: 1) Information storage in context, making data more useful and valuable. 2) The evolution of asynchronous data protocols that allow applications to communicate through shared data. Specifically, it argues that shared, writable storage enables unexpected data combinations, value from search/augmentation/personalization, and dynamic organization. It provides examples like social address books to illustrate how applications can follow conventions to interact without coordination.

1. the real promise of
cloud storage
terry jones
terry@fluidinfo.com
@terrycojones

2. using the cloud
for regular storage
offers only linear benefits

4. linear accumulation of value

6. this is how
we typically
do open!

7. cloud storage
offers something
much
more interesting...

8. the possibility of
shared (writable) storage

9. 1
information is more valuable
when stored in context

13. post-it notes:
a distributed
asynchronous
information store
with a wonderful
user interface

14. what if applications
could also
store data in context?
an example:
tickery.net, wemet.at, tunkrank

16. do the math!

17. the friendly face of nuclear data

18. shared writable storage allows
unexpected data combination (boom!)
value from search
augmentation
personalization
dynamic organization

19. but shared storage also
allows...

20. 2
the evolution of
asynchronous data protocols

21. 2
the evolution of
asynchronous data protocols
da da!!

23. asynchronous data protocol

24. asynchronous data protocol
storage

26. inter-building communication
via post-it notes

29. read-only

30. read-only read-write

33. tear-off strips

34. evolution of
convention
asynchronous
data protocol

37. evolution of convention

39. evolution of convention

40. evolution of convention
@addressing, #hashtags, RT

41. ok, humans can do it
what about applications?

42. we’ve already seen an example:
tickery.net, wemet.at, tunkrank
not aware of one another
weren’t anticipated
didn’t ask for permission
don’t wait for each other
just share storage and a convention

44. anyone can play

45. anyone can play
simply follow the convention

46. anyone
can play

48. no one gets to set the rules

50. people and applications
can do what they want

51. other advantages
conventions can be extended
(without harm)
biologically fit conventions flourish
arriving late is ok

52. final example
tim o’reilly:
“where is the web 2.0 address book?”

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62. conclusion:
the real promise of the cloud is
shared writable storage
which enables
1. information storage in context
(making it more useful and valuable)
and
2. the evolution of
asynchronous data protocols
(so applications can communicate through data)

63. more information
two oreilly radar articles:
http://oreil.ly/fi-async
http://j.mp/9mPuNB
http://fluidinfo.com
terry (@) fluidinfo (dot) com
http://twitter.com/terrycojones

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