He rooted Android phones and flashed custom ROMs on them gamed on all major consoles and with his PCs and built his own computers. During that time, Josh achieved a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification.Įven before working directly in Information Technology, Josh had a passion for technology. While working for Microsoft, he helped create a shared knowledge repository for all Microsoft employees repairing computers and developed a training process for catching new employees up to speed. He took apart laptops, troubleshooted the Windows operating system, fixed programs like Microsoft Outlook, and removed viruses from customers' laptops. Josh worked for Microsoft for several years, specializing in computer repair of both hardware and software. Josh also built and maintained PCs and servers for IDM, and was responsible for maintaining local and offline backups for the company. His years of project management experience included a focus on Linux and macOS applications and troubleshooting, giving him intimate professional knowledge of all three major desktop operating systems.

Josh Hendrickson was the Editor-in-Chief of Review Geek and a former How-To Geek Staff Writer with over a decade of experience.īefore writing for How-To Geek, Josh did project management, quality assurance testing, and sysadmin work at IDM Computer Solutions, which makes the popular UltraEdit text editor. Add the module to the mirror configuration.To install most modules, you'll go through some basic steps:

If you want the most straightforward setup, we recommend adding the Google AIY kit and using its specific tutorial. While a few Magic Mirror modules for Google Assistant exist, our investigation revealed the modules to be problematic, often crashing or covering the mirror information. If you would prefer to install Google Assistant, Google offers a complete tutorial for installing Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, including steps, images, and download links. We recommend mmm-awesome-alexa as it appears to be well maintained by an active developer, although there are other Alexa modules for the Magic Mirror software. The options vary from the useful, like Alexa or presence detection (through a camera or Passive Infrared sensor), to the entertaining, like snowflakes and Spotify playback info.

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