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Ben Gross
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Ben Gross is the Online Editor at Messaging News. He writes the On Message Column.
Ben is a Senior Systems Engineer at the Linde Group, an IT consulting firm in Berkeley, CA. He is an Apple Certified Systems Administrator with a focus on deployment, management, and integration of Mac OS X systems and iOS devices in the enterprise.
Previously, he has worked at Google leading a project to extend Google Accounts to support multiple identities across Google services; at Microsoft, to provide strategy for identity management systems for the Microsoft LiveID team; and at the Highlands Group.
Ben received his PhD in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2010. His dissertation focused on the intersection of identity management, security, and user experience and how social, technical, and policy influences shaped individual’s behavior.
Recent columns:
- The World Is Not Flat and Neither Are Social Networks
- Tracking, Geolocation and Digital Exhaust
- Dragon Dictation Mobile: A Transcriber in Your Pocket
- Paper in, PDF out: Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500M
- Callcentric Internet Phone Service Is a Solid Value
- Stop Hunching Over Your Laptop with the LapDawg X4
- Inbox Love – A New Conference on Email
- ForeverSave Prevents Lost Work on the Mac
- 2011 CEAS Conference Call for Papers
- Time Machine vs. CrashPlan for Backups
- Evaluating the Usefulness of Quora for Email Topics
- A Simple and Effective Backup Strategy for Mac OS X
- Inbox Love and Recent Innovation in Email
- 12 Checklists to Reduce Errors in Email Campaigns
- How and Why to Sniff Smartphone Network Traffic
- Security Enhancements for Google Apps Users
- New Twitter; Apple Announces Ping; Google Instant; Google Priority Inbox; Bing Surpasses Yahoo!
- No Frills SSL Certificates Are Inexpensive and Useful
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