Kenneth 'Ken' Hess is a full-time Windows and Linux system administrator with 20 years of experience with Mac, Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems in large multi-data center environments.
You'd better get ready for the personal computing, BYOD, and corporate computing revolution. Linux is coming to a desktop near you. But not like you think or had hoped. It's coming in the form of the Chrome OS on Chromebooks.
A whole month with nothing but a Chromebook to use for writing, browsing, image editing, emailing, and communicating. It wasn't easy, but it was easier than I imagined.
The Great Debate series this week pit me against David Braue for the 'Time to abandon Gmail?' debate question. I said 'No.'
I hope that there's something more to wearable tech than just Google Glass and smartwatches. My guess is that there's not much more.
Starting fresh with a new gadget is similar to re-imaging your computer: You get a fresh start to do things right and Google apparently wants to help you with that.
Hardly a day goes by that I don't hear of some child being bullied on Facebook. It makes me sick. Facebook and Google need to beat their swords into plowshares and stop the bullying.
Google needs to show me some love with a Google+ account. There's no one more deserving than me to have one of those golden tickets. I'm your Charlie Bucket.