Running Android: Using Your Phone and Tablet for Work and Play

Updated May 2016 for Android 6.0.1 MarshmallowCongratulations! If you're reading this book, you either own or are seriously thinking of buying an Android-based tablet or phone. Google's wildly popular Android operating system has passed a major milestone- it is now installed on the vast majority of portable devices and has the most third-party apps (applications) by far. So if you want to have a phone or a tablet that you can customize to work your way and not be locked into a single company's idea of how things should work, Android is for you.

The author has a serious problem- he doesn't know what he wants to do when he grows up. Meanwhile, he's done such things as wildland fire fighting, running a mountain shop, flying airplanes, shooting photos, and writing books. He's a backcountry skier, climber, figure skater, mountain biker, amateur radio operator, river runner, and sea kayaker- but the thing that really floats his boat is hiking and backpacking. No matter what else he tries, the author always comes back to hiking- especially long, rough, cross-country trips in places like the Grand Canyon. Some people never learn. But what little he has learned, he's willing to share with you- via his books, of course, but also via his websites, blogs, and whatever works.