Above The Cloud

Just a quick post to point out two interesting (but unrelated) cloud links I stumbled upon today.

The first is the Cloud Computing Manifesto which exists to facilitate the discussion between the major vendors to come up with a set of key principles to be adhered to by all providers. The site also describes a Cloud Computing Bill of Rights and has been constructed in direct response to this post by Steve Martin regarding a secret cloud manifesto written without input from his employer, Microsoft. After a cursory inspection, it seems very lightweight to me; hopefully they will pad it out soon because the effort has merit.

The other interesting thing I discovered today was the Cloud Computing Podcast. I had toyed with the idea of creating such a podcast myself; luckily I committed absolutely no resources to doing so! I’ve listened to a couple now and the premise of the podcast seems to be around reacting to cloud specific industry events and articles. It’s not overly long, each episode around 15 minutes. But they are very regular, averaging around two a week. Also, there’s a long backlist to listen to since its been going since October last year! There’s definitely not enough Azure coverage, but hey, not everyone’s perfect. I’m definitely adding this one to my RSS feeds.