What Can You Do With a Chromebook?
It was exactly four months ago today that I received my first Chromebook. The (then) new HP14 model (with 4GB of RAM, and built-in 4g). Being a regular user of the Google ecosystem, I understood how it could fit into … Continued
How I Became an eBook Convert
When it comes to technology, I’ve always considered myself an early adopter. I was using the cloud before it was really a thing, among the first with an Android phone, and I even got a Chromebook just to get a … Continued
Real-World Test of Google’s New Chromecast
(Updated 8-20-13) I’m a bit of a home entertainment enthusiast, and an early-adopter in many ways. My Chromecast arrived yesterday, and I immediately put it to the test. For starters, this thing really is as easy to set-up and start … Continued
What Will Be Your Legacy in The Digital Age?
I saw an article recently about a fairly new feature from Google, which allows you to specify what happens to your “digital stuff” in the event of your untimely demise, and that got me to thinking… Growing-up, I never had … Continued
My Experience With a New Samsung Galaxy S3
Back around Christmas, my wife and I were ready to upgrade our phones. We’d been using the first generation Samsung Galaxy S phones, and had nothing but good experiences with the build quality, and since we’d been Android users since … Continued
Scanned Photos & Geolocation
Many cameras (and camera phones) nowadays include a photo’s geolocation data. Simply put, that’s the latitude and longitude of where the picture was taken, so that it can be viewed on a map. That information can (and should) be stored … Continued
Google Drive Has Arrived – My Review
Google Drive, or “GDrive” (originally) had become an almost mythological enigma, with reports and speculation about the service from Google reappearing periodically since 2006. It was to the point where every time it was mentioned in the “geek press,” people … Continued
What’s Been Keeping me Busy
I haven’t posted much here of late, and apologize for that. It’s not that I’ve forgotten about this project (in fact, it’s been progressing nicely). It’s just been a busy month with my work (creating websites), and trying to get … Continued
My First Test of Life in The Cloud
It’s not the sort of thing anyone wants to have happen, and wasn’t a specifically stated goal in the manifesto, but one of the benefits I’d assumed through this project was faster and easier recovery from digital disasters. Last night, … Continued
The Paradox of Digital Minimalism, Digitizing Life, & The Cloud
I’ve found that as you Digitize Life (as we’re doing in Operation Cloud), sometimes, you have to accumulate stuff to get rid of other stuff? Sounds crazy, right? Here’s the deal… To move our music to the cloud, we needed … Continued