Blog Index for February 2014

Why do we need Skype et al on Chromebook - should Google do everything for us?

(Wed Mar 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)) Yesterday we wrote how to install Skype and other desktop software on ChromeOS devices, using Crouton. Today we ponder 'Why?'. Google intends the ChromeOS environment to provide a huge portion of our needs, but we went to a lot of trouble to install Crouton. Are we nuts? No, there are valid ideas going on here.

Review: How to Make Money Blogging by Bob Lotich, a so-so book on pro-blogging

(Fri Feb 07 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)) I'm always interested in improving my understanding of how to make a living from writing. A few years ago I started writing blog posts seriously, getting the idea that I could make an impact on the world through writing, while earning a living doing so. That's what the book "How To Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced My Day Job With My Blog" is all about, the steps required to successfully pursue that version of the Great American Dream.

Chromebox for Meetings should decimate the incumbent audio/video conferencing market

(Thu Feb 06 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)) Chromebooks are now being joined by Chromebox's, and we should start to wonder whether Chrome devices will represent a whole new wave of computing platforms. That is, will Chrome devices take a place alongside Windows PC's, Mac's and Android/iOS mobile devices as a major computing platform? I'm typing this on a Chromebook and have to say the experience is pretty good, enough that I haven't used my Macbook Pro for several days where previously I'd used it daily.