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)
「雲端」是什麼？它在這裡還是那裡？應該允許它存在嗎？我應該在意嗎？
你有沒有想像過互聯網是一個巨大的魯布·戈爾德堡機器？或者快速發展的雲計算空間是一個充滿史前巨獸的叢林？數據洩露是否看起來像一個充滿翻起的大衣領和淋濕的小巷的新黑色噩夢？如果這些重要概念看起來和它們的本質一樣有趣，那麼理解它們會不會更容易？如果我們能用韻文來解釋它們，它們會不會更容易記住？無論你是孩子還是成年人，答案都是：是的。
這本書以一種巧妙而有趣的方式，帶領讀者穿越雲計算的過去、現在和未來，從大型機到無服務器，從物聯網到人工智能。作者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多年來一直在教導工程師如何使用雲端。他知道一張圖片勝過千言萬語，但他也有很多話要說。
「你的旅館鑰匙，你的登機證，
你刷卡加油的卡，
酒吧上方的智能電視，
你車裡的娛樂，
你的門鈴，牙刷，恆溫器，
攻擊你的貓的吸塵器，
它們都連接著雲端和你。
也許它們不應該，但它們確實這樣做。」
作為畢業禮物（可以稱之為工程學生的《哦，你將去的地方》），一個辦公室對話的開場白，或者只是一個給你的孩子的愉快而又充滿技術感的睡前故事，《大聲朗讀的雲端》將成為每個人都在使用卻沒有人理解的技術的明確介紹。如果你想的話，你甚至可以默默地閱讀它。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)
Forrest Brazeal在科技行業工作超過十年。他曾在活體白內障手術期間安裝軟體更新，並設計了能在披薩上進行機器學習的機器人，同時保持著他標誌性的幽默感。2015年，他開始繪製一個關於他在雲端生活的每週網絡漫畫，現在已經吸引了超過十萬名固定讀者。Forrest通過他的“Think FaaS”播客和他的“Serverless Superheroes”博客系列定期訪問雲計算領域的大咖。作為AWS Serverless Hero的原創人，Forrest經常在世界各地的會議、大學和私人活動上就商業和技術進行演講。
