Session 1 · Wednesday 26 August 2026

Cloud Services, and the Google Shared Workspace

What "the cloud" actually is, how to tell which account you are in, why your storage keeps filling up, and what to set up now so a lost phone costs you nothing.

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0:00Welcome

1:05What "the cloud" actually is

2:00The three companies that run it

3:30Your Google account is three rooms

4:15How many email addresses have you got?

5:35Tap the circle. Read the address.

6:15"They shared it and I can’t open it"

7:20Write down every address

9:20"Your storage is full"

10:05What to do about it

12:00Getting off one you are paying for

13:00Where should it actually go?

13:55If I lost my phone tomorrow

14:25Setting up your Apple account

15:20Setting up your Google account

16:15The first hour, in the right order

17:20What a Workspace is

19:05Why it matters to a club

20:15If you take one thing

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