Why You Need To Think Very Carerfully Before Adopting A Service-Oriented Architecture Model

It's the latest craze - take whatever you can think of in IT and networking, and add "as a service" to the end of it.  Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) are the three main types, and all the other xxx-as-a-Service types and aaS abbreviations can be classified as Infrastructure-based, Platform-based or Software-based.

Google Assistant on Ubuntu 18.04

So I decided to do a step-by-step guide to how I got Google Assistant working on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04.  I can now say, "OK Google" and ask/change/trigger all the usual things.

You will need:

• PC/laptop/SoC running Ubuntu 18.04
• A Google account
• A working microphone (or headset)
• A working speaker (or headset)

Complete guide can be found at https://linuxdoctorafcb.blogspot.com/p/google-a.html

My Head(ache)'s in The (Google) Clouds With Google Assistant on Linux

I decided late last night that the one thing my battered, slow, old and full of crap laptop absolutely could not go without any longer was Google Assistant integration (I want to say "OK Google" to my Linux laptop, basically). I've now done it, understand it and just need to polish it up a bit, write a few scripts, change a few settings and then I'll put up a post on how to do it.

In doing this, though, I have just re-met the Google Cloud Platform... 'Kin' Ell there's a LOT of shit in there, and I mean a lot. So, in summary, Google Assistant on Linux laptop guide to follow, then probably 4 months of posts as I start hacking* the shit out of Google Cloud Platform.

* don't get excited, I mean hacking in the old old sense of the word, not "gaining unauthorised access of a computer or network or device that does not belong to you".