十大利用云计算的精彩应用

   十大利用云计算的精彩应用

The "cloud" is where we've been sharing our lives and storing our files for awhile now, but with so many cloud services there's much more you can do that may not have crossed your mind. Here are our top ten ideas.

    云计算中的“云”现在指的是用来暂时分享我们的生活和储存我们的文件的地方，但因为有这么多的云计算服务的提供商的存在，你可以利用它们来做很多事，有些你或许还没想到。以下是十个非常棒的主意。

10. Write in Public Without a Blog

   10不用博客来在公众面前发布你的文章

Everyone and their mother has a blog nowadays, but how often is it really updated? And even then, how often are people saying anything worthwhile? That said, there are plenty of times we all have a good piece of writing to share but we don't really need to have a blog to share it. QuietWrite (our first look) gives you a place to write anything you want, include pictures, and publish online. If you want to write an article but don't want to create a site just for your occasional writing, QuietWrite offers you that possibility. It's a good way to store and share your written work publicly, in the cloudy.

　　现在人人都有自己的博客，但是这些博客多久才会更新呢？然后还有，人们说出一点有哲理的东西需要多久？也就是说，我们不需要博客来分享的东西远远多于我们需要用博客来分享的东西。QuietWrite（我们首先提到的服务）为你提供了写东西的地方，你可以在上面写任何东西，包括图片，然后可以发布到网上去。如果你想写文章，但是又不想为你偶尔的写作欲望而去创建一个站点，那么QuietWrite 就是不错的选择。把你的创作的东西通过云计算分享给大众，并存储在“云”上面，这是一个非常好的主意。

9. Update Your Resume and Get Feedback

  9 更新你的简历然后得到得到反馈

Updating your resume is tedious and often ends up being a last-minute task write before you need to send it out. Each time you have to consider new information, reorganize, and make sure everything fits well on a page. Webapps like CeeVee (our take) help you create a nice resume, or you can leverage LinkedIn's Resume Builder to use information you already have stored in the cloud to create an already up-to-date and well-organized resume. Getting a grade on your resume is also possible with RezScore, which uses proprietary algorithms to analyze your resume and provide you with advice on how to improve it.

　　更新你的简历是件乏味的事，并且经常是这样收场，在你需要把你的简历投出去的前的最后几分钟，你才急急忙忙把你的简历改好。每一次更新简历，你都要考虑关于你的新信息，然后重新组织，并确保简历上的东西都在它应该在的位置。类似于CeeVee（我们提供的）云计算服务，可以帮你创建一份漂亮的简历，或者你可以发挥LinkedIn的简历创建程序的潜能，让它用你已经存储在“云”上的信息给你创建一份最新的、组织的很好的一份简历。让你的简历更完美也许还要用到RezScore的服务，它用特殊的算法来分析你的简历，然后提供给你一些改进简历的建议。

8. Keep a Visual Food Log to Aid in Your Diet

     

We've all heard of keeping food logs when dieting to make sure we stay on track, but according to a study referenced in the Daily Mail, taking pictures of food you're going to eat can make it easier to avoid overeating or just eating poorly by making you really examine what's going in your body. Additionally, we've seen a trend lately with diet, exercise, and weight loss where you publicize your progress so everyone knows how good or bad you're doing. Combine these two things and add your smartphone to get a live food blog. Sign up for an account with Tumblr, Posterous, or a similar site and upload photos of what you eat directly from your phone. This will provide you with a public log and a means of examining your food before you choose whether or not to relentlessly stuff it in your face.

 

  8 维护一份可见的饮食记录来帮助你节食

　　我们都听说过在节食的时候通过维护饮食记录来确保我们对自己的节食之旅了如指掌，但是根据Daily Mail上 的一份研究表明，给自己将要吃的东西拍照能够让我们更容易不暴饮暴食或者吃的非常少，因为拍照让我们真正看清楚我们即将要吃的东西。另外，我们也发现最近 很流行将自己节食，锻炼和减肥的过程放到网上，以便让大家知道你做的有多好或多不好。将以上两者结合起来，再加上你的智能手机就能够形成一个实时的饮食博 客。在Tumblr,Posterous或者类似的网站注册一个账号，然后通过你的智能手机上传你吃的东西的图片。这就相当于给你创建了一个给大家看的饮食日志，一个在你决定是否将食物无情的从你的嘴里吃下去检查你的食物的一种手段。

7. Set Up Cloud Printing

  7 建立“云”打印

Thanks to Google, printing from the cloud is now a possibility. Well, sort of—you currently need a dev build of Chrome for Windows, but that's inevitable a sign of what's to come for those of us on other platforms (or who simply prefer to wait for stable releases). If you don't want to wait for Google and are willing to pay a few dollars, you can set up similar remote printing with a Pogoplug (which also make great little Linux servers). Another cloud-based printing option is making use of the wonderfully versatile Dropbox. We've got instructions on setting it up for both Windows and Mac.

　　多亏了Google，通过云计算打印现在成为一种可能。当然，要用google的这项服务，在windows平台下，你需要它提供的测试版的Chrome浏览器，对于其它平台的用户来说，这是一个表示该平台将要有该项服务的必然标志（或者对这些宁愿等稳定版本的人来说）。如果你不想等google发布稳定版，并且你愿意付些钱，你可以通过Pogoplug提供的服务，获得类似的远程打印服务（Pogoplug也有许多Linux服务器）。还有一个选择就是充分利用我们多才多艺的Dropbox。我们已经得到在windows和Mac下如何建立类似服务的说明。

6. Run Your Own Makeshift, Private Social Network with a Free Webapp

   6 运行你自己的替代品，用一个免费程序让你的社交网络私人化

My friend Erica and I are both big talkers and have trouble shutting up. We get lots in conversations about the most bizarre minutia on a regular basis. Email became a poor way of communicating when we weren't hanging out because it was so hard to keep track of the different threads, so we decided we needed something different. That something ended up being a project management webapp called Teambox (which I looked at last September). Now our communication is up in the cloud using a free Teambox account. It helps us track restaurants we want to try, things we're thinking about, and we can also communicate better by using speed-appropriate channels. While it's just us using Teambox, it's more than capable of handling a group of friends. If you want an actually private social network where you only communicate with friends, you may not have to look farther than free project management webapp. Teambox is an especially great solution because it takes its influences from social media.

　　我的朋友Erica和 我都是话非常多的人，一说起来就没完没了。我们可以就一件很普通的事聊的不亦乐乎，连各种奇异的细节都不放过。电子邮件在我们不在外晃悠的时候就是一个非 常不好的交流手段，因为它无法对我们的对我们的每次对话都了如指掌，所以我们决定要找到更好的沟通手段。终于，一个免费的网络程序Teambox（我去年9月找到的）成为我们的选择。现在我们只要有个Teambox的 免费账号，就可以在“云”上沟通。它可以帮我们记住我们想要尝试的餐馆，记住我们在思考的事情，我们还可以通过快速聊天通道来获得更好的沟通体验。它不仅 可以让两个人的沟通更方便，对于一群朋友的群聊，它也可以处理的很好。如果你只需要一个可以和自己朋友聊天的私人工具，那么你或许不需要再到处寻找这样的 网络程序。Teambox就是一个特别好的这样一个程序，因为它影响了社会化媒体。

5. Manage All Aspects of Your Online Presence

   5  管理你的在线账号的各方面的信息

Your social media conversations can get overwhelming at times, what with all the friends and followers you undoubtedly have. Because all of that data is stored online and most social media sites provide useful APIs, several services have been built to help you keep on top of your social media. For example, ManageFlitter can help you clean up your Twitter account, ThinkUp can give you all sorts of informative statistics about your interactions on Twitter, and you can find out what Facebook is publicly publishing about you. You may also want to consider backing up your cloud-based services. Even though data in the cloud often feels like it's always going to be there, you never really know what's going to happen and it's a good idea to keep backups of your data if you don't want to lose it.

　　因为你在社会化网站上拥有的朋友和关注者，有时你会被他们在社会化网站上带给你的信息所淹没。因为这些数据全部保存在云端，并且大部分的社会化媒体网站都提供了很好的应用程序接口，一些服务已经准备好了帮你整理这些信息数据。比如，ManageFlitter可以帮你清洁你的Twitter账号，ThinkUp可以把你Twitter上相互交流的各种信息的分析数据呈现给你，还有，你可以知道Facebook公开了你的什么信息。或许你也想考虑一下备份你的基于云端的服务的数据。尽管云端的数据经常给人的感觉就是它一直在那里，你却从来都不知道在云端的数据下一刻会变成什么样，所以如果你不想失去你云端的数据，经常备份它们就是个非常好的方法。

4. Use Dropbox to Manage Your Torrents

  4  用Dropbox来管理的你的BT种子

There are a lot of great hacks for Dropbox, the cloud-based syncing and backup service we love, but one of the coolest is remotely starting you torrents. It's actually very simple to set up. Just set your BitTorrent client to watch a folder in your Dropbox for new torrents and add them automatically. This way when you add any torrents to that folder remotely, they'll be synced back to your home computer and your BitTorrent client will see them. It's a really awesome, simple trick.

　　关于我们喜爱的基于云计算的同步和备份服务Dropbox有非常多很棒的技巧，其中最酷的一个技巧就是远程启动你的BT种子。事实上，要达到这个效果，只需要简单的设置。只要设置你的BitTorrent客户端监听你的Dropbox中的一个文件夹是否有新的种子，然后自动添加这些种子就可以了。这样设置后，当你运程往这个文件夹添加任何种子，它们都会同步到你家里的电脑，然后你的BitTorrent客户端就会看到它们，然后执行相关的下载任务。这真是个简单又帅气的技巧。

3. Make a Cloud-Focused Netbook with Jolicloud

  3 通过Jollicloud建立一个云端的笔记本

Jolicloud is a lot like Chrome OS, but with great Linux desktop features as well. Even if you're eagerly waiting to purchase a Chrome OS notebook when they're readily available, you might find that putting together a netbook with Jolicloud will work even better for you as you don't have to fully give up the comfort of the desktop while still reaping the benefits of the cloud. Jolicloud is a free OS and makes for a fun installation project with a new or old netbook (or even an old regular computer). Just be sure to check Jolicloud's compatibility page before you dive in.

　　Jollicloud非常的像Chrome OS，但它也有非常多linux桌面系统的特征。尽管当装有Chrome OS系统的笔记本即将上市时，你非常渴望购买买上那么一台，但是你或许会发现装有Jollicloud的笔记本会更适合你，因为你不仅不用完全放弃你已经习惯的桌面系统的操作，还可以享受到云计算的便利。Jollicloud是一个免费的操作系统，并且无论你是新的还是旧的笔记本（就算是很老的电脑），它都可以非常容易的安装上去。你只需要在体验这个系统之前了解一下Jollicloud的的兼容性。

2. Create a Database of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

   2 创建一个经常问到的问题和对应答案的数据库

If you're a regular Lifehacker reader, you're probably fairly tech-savvy and also likely to be the person your family, friends, and maybe even co-workers go to for technical support. Beyond that, you're probably a pretty decent problem solver and people come to you for help fairly often. It's always nice to know people trust you to help them, but sometimes it can get a little tedious when the same questions come up again and again. What's an easy way to solve that? Create a database of answers so you can simply search it and send the troubled friend a link. You don't even need to create a true database. You could easily get by with something like Tumblr or Posterous. Not only will you be able to send off frequent answers with easy and save yourself a bunch of time, you'll be contributing your knowledge to the world. Next time you need to help someone with something, write it up and post it. Even if you can't post a great article, simply recording yours or their screen as a demonstration can be a big help down the road.

　　如果你是一个Lifehacker的 忠实读者，那么你也极有可能是一个技术狂人，同时也是你的家庭、朋友，甚至同事在遇到问题都会求助的人。除此之外，你可能是一个非常棒的解决问题的人，人 们经常找你解决问题。知道人们相信你能帮他们解决问题的感觉非常棒，但是当相同的问题不断有人让你来解决的时候，你有时也会感到乏味。有什么简单的方法可 以解决这个问题吗？创建一个解决方案的数据库是一个好方法。那样你只需要简单的搜索一下你的数据库，然后给你困境中的朋友一个链接就行了。你甚至都不需要 创建一个实实在在的数据库。你可以简单用类似于Tumblr或者Posterous的云计算服务来达到相同的效果。这样一 来，你不仅可以非常简单的将那些常见问题的解决方案共享出来，节省许多时间，还可以把你的知识贡献给全世界需要的人。下次你需要帮人解决什么问题，把它写 出来再提交就可以了。即使你不能提交一篇很棒的文章，简单的把你的解决过程录成视频，不久以后，作为解决相关问题的参考答案，这些视频也是对人有非常大的 帮助的。

1. Roll Your Own Dropbox-Like Service with Open Source Software and Amazon S3

   1 通过开源软件和Amazon S3来运营你自己的类似于Dropbox的服务

We've taken a look at creating an open-source Dropbox-like backup service that you can run out of your home with a couple of computers, but this doesn't provide any off-site backup options. If you really want to make it Dropbox-like you're going to need to start backing up online as well. One excellent resource for backups is Amazon S3. Add that to the mix, or even a web host that allows backups (like Hive Five winner Dreamhost), and you'll have yourself a great homespun alternative.

　　通过几台电脑，我们可以创建一个在本地可以使用的类似于Dropbox的备份服务，但是这个服务不提供异地备份的功能。如果你想让它更像Dropbox，你需要让它也可以在线备份。Amazon S3是个很棒的资源。将这一服务添加到一个允许备份的网络主机上（例如Hive Five winner Dreamhost），然后你就拥有一个非常棒的自己制作的替代服务。