Is it cloudy overhead

So where is next? We have the evolution of the cloud or for those of us who have been around a while the cycle of compute power returning to the centre. The advent of an old idea becoming a new one. I know that I am oversimplifying things cloud is so much more than that. As a personal consumer of multiple cloud services I am a huge fan (mainly because they are free). I have apps on the google app engine, docs in google docs, mail in MobileMe and notes in Evernote (that is where this blog started by the way), friends on facebook and I even communicate with my wife over skype. My daughter (aged 8) plays on club penguin (a disney creation) with her online friends (big brother (or in my case big daddy) is watching!) My life revolves around my digital existence. I have not deleted any email since 2000 and I can search it in an instant (I dug out a presentation someone sent me in 2003 the other day). I have 10+ unique email addresses and I monitor them all everyday. All for free, I realise that I might sign up to some flexible privacy agreements, but is my little voice going to be heard among the millions of others (a risk assessed basis). I am sure that if I didn't want my digital conversations to be heard they wouldn't. To be honest I don't think that I am alone, I think that many of the people who read this blog will be able to list 101 other cloud services (as I write this sentence 101 other services I use come to mind, and another blog comes to mind). So to the imbalance of my work life........