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What is Cloud Computing?

We went to the Web 2.0 Expo and asked “What is Cloud Computing ?”. YouTube has a high definition version of What is Cloud Computing

Check out what the following people had to say:

• Tim O’Reilly
• Dan Farber
• Matt Mullenweg
• Jay Cross
• Brian Solis
• Kevin Marks
• Rafe Needleman
• Steve Gillmor
• Jeremy Tanner
• Maggie Fox
• Tom McGovern
• Sam Lawrence
• Stowe Boyd
• David Tebbutt
• Dave McClure
• Chris Carfi
• Rod Boothby

What do you think Cloud Computing is?

Rod Boothby Talks Cloud Computing at Web 2.0 Expo

Rod and I also held several interviews at the show – including Tim O’Reilly, Kevin Marks, Steve Gillmore, Dan Farber, and Rafe Needleman trying to get public opinion on ‘What is Cloud Computing’. We will be posting that video shortly as there is some good stuff in there.

Disclosure: That handsome fella interviewing him happens to be my husband, Chris Heuer, whose agency produced the Blogtropolus bloggers lounge at at the Web 2.0 Expo.

Jason Interviewed by 89.3 KPCC: The End of Multitasking?

The folks over at 89.3 KPCC were kind enough to ask Jason to join them on their Monday afternoon show to discuss the pros and cons of multi-tasking.

Lead into the discussion:
The phone’s ringing. The emails are coming in. You’re ordering lunch…and driving a five-ton SUV. Busy Americans are famed for their ability to multi-task. But research shows that the constant barrage is taking a toll on productivity and health. The message: Americans need to turn off their electronic devices and focus on one task at a time. Silicon Valley firms are heeding the advice, cutting out instant messaging and swearing off multitasking – but can they still compete with their multitasking competitors? And are they really more efficient?

• Jason Hoffman: A founder of Joyent, which designs Web-based software for small businesses.
• Russell Poldrack, associate professor of psychology at UCLA

Click here to listen to the show. [Update: the link appears to be broken.]

This conversation stemmed from Jason being quoted in the New York Times on November 11th in an article discussing Tim Ferriss’ new book, The Four Hour Work Week.

Information Week discovers the Joyent 'Platform'

Richard Martin from InformationWeek stopped by the office the other day and had a little chat with Dave and Jason about Joyent and our mission to build a platform for a new era of business computing.

What came of that chat was this nice little article where Dave nails the mission of Joyent in two sweet sentences: “We take away all the pain, all the unpleasant parts of running a Web-based business. Unlike the traditional hosting companies, with us you can start really small and rapidly grow to support hundreds of thousands of users, while paying only for what you need.”

Jason Hoffman interviewed by SYS-CON TV

Roger Strukhoff and crew were hanging out at JavaOne and caught up with our own Jason Hoffman for a little update on Joyent, our upcoming product releases and then asks the million dollar question…Why Joyent?

It is a good overview of the company, so if you were ever wondering what we were really about…you might find a quiet seven minutes and dig in.

The video is online at SYS-CON, and I will apologize in advance for the annoying Windows Server 2003 commercial at the beginning. I actually don’t know why I am apologizing when I have no control over it, but feel compelled to do so.

P.S. You have to look hard, but you can see me walk into the frame at 5:03 as I came up to take photos of the interview. I made my exit around 6:44. Most of you won’t care, or even notice, but I am a little vain, so I like to keep track. :()