A Beginner’s Guide to Cloud Lifestyles

Abstract

In this chapter, you'll learn how to find, use, and share a variety of useful applications that will increase the amount of tasks you can perform with your netbook. One of the biggest benefits of netbooks is that they are your fastest ticket to an emergent lifestyle based on cloud computing. Making the most of the cloud and its power to provide you with flexibility, convenience, and resources that fit both the character and the scale of your needs requires two things: a bit more shopping and a little planning ahead. This chapter will help you accomplish both these things, or at least get pretty well along with the job. If you skim through the descriptions and advice on cloud tools given here, you can start to form a picture of exactly what you might want to have at the ready, when you unplug for a day of business, entertainment or generally mobile, connected life.