MrCopilot

  We interrupt your regularly scheduled kde dev updates with the following important applications. As an enthusiast, early adopter, bleeding edge techno-wizard Linux greybeard, you'll find that you have developed preferences over time. On the one hand there is a lessening of the insatiable need to know about EveryNewThing. You have gathered enough data to make an informed choice and the matter is resolved. You settle back into primarily learning about any new thing out of necessity. Those begin to happen less and less frequently. Until they become either annoyances or novelty. Or you make it a necessity... & so I shall. One of this greybeard's preferences decided long ago was the choice of linux desktop. I gathered much data, but ultimately and consistently choose KDE.   #YMMV Keeping up with updates, news and generally lurking about. I had less and less to say as more and more of my needs were met. Apps have been chosen for tasks that have not changed & continue...

OnLive Desktop is an Android or iOS App that gives OnLive users their own Windows 7 machine in the cloud. For free users have touch enabled desktop access, Microsoft Office, and some cloud storage. Why? Full versions of Microsoft Office that will render and edit your documents with perfect fidelity, if you are in to that sort of thing. Also you'll be running a fresh clean Windows install, remember what that was like? If you want access to speedy flash enabled browsing on your tablet, or customized desktop, be prepared  to shell out $5 a month. Might be worth it to you if your tablet has a fruit on it. Upon loading, the os syncs your Documents folder to your user account. You can upload files and documents at files.onlive.com . Which would seem a fairly painless way to test cross platform websites during development on the go. IE will let you browse local html files. It certainly less stressful than trying to run a vm on your hardware. Unfortunately running foreign exes is a no- no...

Text input on a touchscreen device is a necessary but painfully evil problem. It is true there are a few on screen keyboards are better than others, high  praise akin to the improvement in soup with the addition of 1oz versus 4oz of rat poison. OS vendors  and device manufacturers are well aware of the problem, which results in a plethora of on screen keyboard choices, varying degrees of annoyance inducing autocomplete and text prediction engines, and hyper active haptic feedback complete with IBM selectric sound effects, and finally with the admission that the problem just cannot be solved,  most devices support bluetooth, usb or/and hardware keyboards. When choosing which new device to purchase for everyday usage, you need to consider your needs carefully along with your budget. Last year, when in  need of a tablet for a development project, we took some time to consider the use cases and set up some sensible requirements.  Recent Android OS  Extern...

Mobile post from android using Blogger app from Google Inc. Seems to work well enough: Painless publishing to multiple Blogger blogs, Check. Attach images, Check. Attach photos from camera, Check. Editting published posts, Check.