by Emil Parashkevov
It was the beginning of 2012, when one
day, the screen of my laptop went blank. After a while I realized
that that the computer was working properly, and that the failed part
was my screen. That day I continued working with an external one. I
was facing a dilemma: to buy a new laptop and go through all the
hustle of installing all my programs and transferring all my data or
continue working with an external screen. I decided to go on with the
desktop monitor, but that way a lost my mobility. I had to stay
longer in the office and when by chance, I woke up in the night, with
some idea I wanted to try, I had to wait for the morning to come to
go to the office. At that point I realized that I love my
independence and freedom too much. I wanted to work at any time and
from any place. I wanted to go light and free. I wished wherever I
was, miraculously to have a connection to all my stuff. I dreamed of
the beauty of the scenery and moments, spiced up with my entire
digital world, or if I can put it in plain words, I needed my
computer in my pocket, always available, always at my finger tips. I
wanted the benefit of my computer ever following me and at my
disposal 24/7. I thought it will be great, if I can have my computer
in my smart phone, in my tablet even in the computer of that beach
hotel, I spent last weekend at.
Being a computer specialist, I was
aware of programs for remote control like VNC and Remote Desktop.
Till that particular moment I have accepted them as tools for lazy
system administrators or as emergency tools when you are miles away
from the problem. Then I realized that this perception is all wrong.
No these were not tools of lazy system administrators, these were
gifts of freedom that can turn all our concept of working and living
upside down. My idea for creating a service that will set you free,
only if you knew and had the guts to try it, was slowly taking shape.
I started working on ClusterDesktop - http://www.clusterdesktop.com
, which in my head was all I was speaking above.
The first
server was up in August 2012 and in October 2012 I bought a tablet,
that I started using for connection to my computer, and I am doing
this way of work ever since. My laptop with his blank screen stays in
my office, but is reborn for a new life. It is amazing that whenever
I share this my believe with a manager, an owner of a company or an
entrepreneur they all say one thing – I
want this and I want it now. Since then the service has evolved: you
control every thing from a web interface, you can share your screen
with colleagues, you can open files from your computer or server
directly on your phone, you can even stream music or movies from your
computer on your tablet or phone.
Now every day I wake up happy, that my
personal cloud is with me, making me ever more independent and
confident, that all of us, one day will work remotely.
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