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Dangerous Clouds

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The practice of cloud computing is here to stay.
Like it or not, you will be storing or accessing items in ‘the cloud’ for many years to come.

Already, the term ‘the cloud’ is not completly accurate, as there are now many different ‘clouds’ out there.
Think of it as a ‘Cloudscape’, if you will.
It is made of some very large cloud locations, such as the Amazon cloud, Microsoft cloud, the Sony PSN cloud and the Google cloud. Of course, there are many other smaller clouds as well. (Geez – I am sick of writing the word cloud already).

This shared cyberspace is already very splintered, so it is best to think of it in terms of what these different clouds offer, from a service point of view. It breaks down into 5 basic  “cloud services” markets.

These are:

– web-based services (eg: Google & Flickr)
– software-as-a-service (SAAS) offerings (eg: Box.net & Microsoft Exchange online)
– app-components-as-a-service  (eg: Google APIs & MSalesforce App Exchange)
– software-platform-as-a-service (eg: salesforce.com & Netsuite)
– virtual-infrastructure-as-a-service (eg: Akami)

For many, this all means pretty much nothing and the bottom line here is that pretty much every man & his dog is in the cloud now.
So, you need to unclench and just embrace it.

You should even start to learn some of the cloud computing terminology that comes with the territory.
Then, when people discuss it with you, you won’t seem to be in such of a fog.

 

 

Spirit Breath

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PacMan could do so much more, if he just laid off the spirits.

I mean, he has a serious problem. And if he does not get help soon, I am afraid he does not have a ghost of a chance!
You can’t outrun your problems either. You need to face them head on and eat ’em up – but ONLY after you eat a cherry, of course.

This is not the first PacMan comic I have done. This one got a little bit of attention a while ago.
And I can promise you that there is at least one more coming in the near future, which should make fans of the yellow guy pretty happy.

Of course, if you don’t like PacMan, you can just read all my other comics.

 

Panel by Panel

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Australian comic creators – artists, writers & publishers – you need to read this.

I recently saw this amazing little announcement hidden away in a blog post over on the newly revamped ComicOz website:

Speaking of which…   While working on gathering biographical interviews for the Air Hawk book I spend a wonderful morning speaking to the late John Ryan’s wife Jan about her memories of John Dixon as well a her late husband’s work.   One end result – besides an article, based on our chat – is that Jan has given in-principal approval forComicoz to reprint and update “Panel By Panel“.   Although little progress has been made on this project to date, my enthusiasm for seeing this seminal Australian tome back in print is unbounded!   If you know any Australian comic book or strip artist/writer/publisher (anyone!) involved in the industry… get them to get in touch with me as soon as possible!

(read the full post here on ComicOz)

For those that are unaware of it, the book “PANEL BY PANEL – An Illustrated History of Australian Comics” by John Ryan, is considered by many to be one of the best & most complete resources outlining the history of Australian comics so far. (Well, at least up until around 1979, when it was published.)

This book is now out of print and is very costly to purchase, so hearing that it is possibly going to be updated & re-released is something that every person involved in comics in Australia, should support.

Nat Karmichael, who runs the ComicOz site, has asked for “any Australian comic book or strip artist/writer/publisher (anyone!) involved in the industry… to get in touch with me as soon as possible!”

So, what are you waiting for?
Don’t miss out on this opportunity for your work to be included in the history of Australian Comics. Get in touch with Nat today!

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