Cloud Atlas: How The Cloud Reshaped Human Life

Cloud Atlas: How The Cloud Reshaped Human Life Trailer Bonus Episode 1 Season 1

S01E01: The Cloud Gathers

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Just about everything you interact with digitally is enabled by the cloud. Whether you’re doom-scrolling on Instagram, binge-watching on Netflix, ride-hailing on Uber, or downloading super-cool cloud podcasts (hint, hint) on Spotify, you’re using the cloud.

But most people don’t have any idea what the cloud is, where it came from, or what we, as a species, spend on it. Episode One of “Cloud Atlas” goes back to the birthplace of the cloud: a little digital bookstore called Amazon.com.

Including contributions from:
  • Allan Vermeulen, who led the team that built the world's first web-based storage product, Amazon S3
  • Matt Round, who led Amazon's personalization team — and made it such that the online store rearranges itself for every unique user

What is Cloud Atlas: How The Cloud Reshaped Human Life?

Cloud Atlas is the story of the cloud, from the people who invented it, invested in it, built businesses in it, and use it every day. Written and hosted by Dustin Lowman, an English-major-turned-cloud-tech-marketer, the show uses narrative elements and common-sense metaphors to break down technical topics in terms everyone can understand. Whether you're a tech worker or have only a *cloudy* understanding of all things tech, the story is a fascinating one. Made possible by CloudZero.