商品描述
What is "the cloud"? Is it here or there? Should it be allowed? Should I even care?
Have you ever imagined the internet as a giant Rube Goldberg machine? Or the fast-evolving cloud computing space as a literal jungle filled with prehistoric beasts? Does a data breach look like a neo-noir nightmare full of turned-up coat collars and rain-soaked alleys? Wouldn't all these vital concepts be easier to understand if they looked as interesting as they are? And wouldn't they be more memorable if we could explain them in rhyme? Whether you're a kid or an adult, the answer is: YES
The medicine in this spoonful of sugar is a sneaky-informative tour through the past, present and future of cloud computing, from mainframes to serverless and from the Internet of Things to artificial intelligence. Forrest is a professional explainer whose highly-rated conference talks and viral cartoon graphics have been teaching engineers to cloud for years. He knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. But he has plenty of words, too.
Your hotel key, your boarding pass,
The card you swipe to pay for gas,
The smart TV atop the bar,
The entertainment in your car,
Your doorbell, toothbrush, thermostat,
The vacuum that attacked your cat,
They all connect the cloud and you.
Maybe they shouldn't, but they do.
As a graduation gift (call it "Oh the Places You'll Go" for engineering students), a cubicle conversation starter, or just a delightfully nerdy bedtime story for your kids, "The Read-Aloud Cloud" will be the definitive introduction to the technologies that everyone uses and nobody understands. You can even read it silently if you want. But good luck with that.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
什麼是「雲端」？它在這裡還是那裡？應該被允許嗎？我真的需要在意嗎？
你曾經想像過網際網路是一個巨大的魯布·戈德堡機器嗎？或者快速演變的雲端計算空間是一個充滿史前野獸的叢林？資料洩漏看起來像是一場充滿翻起的外套領子和雨水浸濕小巷的黑色夢魘嗎？如果這些重要的概念看起來和它們實際上一樣有趣，豈不是更容易理解嗎？如果我們能用押韻的方式來解釋它們，豈不是更容易記住？無論你是孩子還是成人，答案都是：是的。
這一匙糖中的藥方是一場狡猾而富有資訊的旅程，帶你穿越雲端計算的過去、現在和未來，從大型主機到無伺服器，從物聯網到人工智慧。Forrest是一位專業的解說者，他的高評價會議演講和病毒式的卡通圖形已經教導工程師們雲端技術多年。他知道一幅圖勝過千言萬語，但他也有很多話要說。
你的飯店鑰匙，你的登機證，
你刷卡加油的卡，
酒吧上方的智慧電視，
你車上的娛樂系統，
你的門鈴、牙刷、恆溫器，
那隻攻擊你貓的吸塵器，
它們都連接著雲端和你。
也許它們不應該這樣，但它們確實如此。
作為畢業禮物（可以稱之為「你將去的地方」給工程學生），一個辦公室對話的開場白，或僅僅是給孩子們的愉快書睡故事，《可朗讀的雲端》將成為每個人都在使用但沒有人理解的技術的權威介紹。如果你想的話，你甚至可以靜靜地閱讀它。但祝你好運。
作者簡介
Forrest Brazeal has worked in the tech industry for more than a decade. He's installed software updates during a live cataract surgery and designed robots that perform machine learning on pizza, all while keeping his trademark sense of humor. In 2015, he began drawing a weekly webcomic about his life in the cloud which now reaches more than one hundred thousand regular readers. Forrest regularly interviews the biggest names in cloud computing through his "Think FaaS" podcast and his "Serverless Superheroes" blog series. An original AWS Serverless Hero, Forrest speaks regularly on business and technology at conferences, universities, and private events around the world.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
福雷斯特·布雷齊爾在科技產業工作超過十年。他曾在一次現場白內障手術中安裝軟體更新，並設計能在比薩上進行機器學習的機器人，同時保持他標誌性的幽默感。2015年，他開始繪製一部每週更新的網路漫畫，講述他在雲端的生活，現在擁有超過十萬名固定讀者。福雷斯特定期透過他的「Think FaaS」播客和「無伺服器超級英雄」部落格系列訪問雲計算領域的知名人物。作為原始的 AWS 無伺服器英雄，福雷斯特經常在全球的會議、大學和私人活動中就商業和技術發表演講。
