Getting Started with Google Apps for your Domain

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Google Apps is one of those excellent services that Google offers, that tends to be overlooked.  The reason is that they replace something that can cost a lot of money, and is really overkill for the small operator - an Exchange server.

Here is a great series of video's on setting up and working with Google Apps for Domains.  These should help with de-mystifying the service and its uses.  Again - showing The Cloud is the future of the IT industry.

Jason

...if it ain't Broken, make the video and explain yourself.

Google's Cloud: The Chrome OS details

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The Chrome browser was apparently just a taste test for that which was to come.  Google are to release and net-book OS based on what the Chrome browser hinted at.

Whether Google started the browser with Chrome OS in its future, or one of their brainstorming sections just got out of hand, we will need to wait for the tell-all book.  Whatever the case, next year the much hyped OS will be available for our flash based net-books.

Hothardware.com has a post "Chrome Detailing: Previewing Google's New Operating System", which gives you a look in some of the important inner workings of this new type of OS.  For me, Chrome OS looks to be an important step in the evolution of the computing platform.  Its survival will have more to do with what the masses are willing to do without for the extra convenience and speed.

Jason

...if it ain't Broken, make everyone else look bad by doing it in the browser.

The Wave, and the Google Wave

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You might have been wondering why I haven't written about Google Wave yet, as I always seem to have an opinion about Google-related issues.  The truth is, I haven't really found the point/use for Wave yet.

Maybe this has to do with the fact that no-one else I collaborate/work with having a invite. The idea of a online real-time collaboration tool is great, but the niche that it fills isn't really big enough to support the hype that the tool has manage to create.  

Google Wave is a great example of creating something and crowd sourcing it's purpose. Expect this as the marketing of the future.

Finally we have found a reason for it - Mashable.com has a excellent post on "5 impressive Real-life Google Wave Use Cases".  Now we get to see the power of the Wave and what can be done with it.  The video examples of some real-life uses really helps get a handle on the product.

After checking it out, I'm starting to look at Google Wave a little differently.  But it does look like we are going to need to wait until all these neat plug-ins are open to us non-programmers, or sign-up for those night courses.

Jason

...if it ain't broken, send me a Wave.