Jun 25, 2018 | Google, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook
Here’s a tip for a few select people. Wonderful people. The best people. My people. All of you who use the desktop version of Outlook. You also use Google Maps, because everyone uses Google Maps. That’s obvious, right? It has become so valuable, so rich, so far ahead...
Jun 21, 2018 | Adobe, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Outlook, software, updates, Windows10
Microsoft intends to simplify the ribbon in Outlook, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. It’s possible that Microsoft will work thoughtfully and carefully and you will be happy with the result. Oh, stop it. I hear you laughing. I’m serious. Microsoft is saying all the right...
Apr 11, 2018 | Android, Apple, business, Chromebook, Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, Office, Office 365, OneDrive, phone, Windows 10 S, Windows10
We have arrived at a point where Microsoft no longer has a Windows division. To a generation of computer users, Windows was the product that defined Microsoft and defined our own relationship to technology. Now that defining product is a legacy, used by many but...
Apr 8, 2018 | Apple, business, Internet, Microsoft, news, Office, Vista, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Microsoft announced an internal reorganization last week and raised the profile of its cloud, artificial intelligence, and enterprise teams. This would not normally be an important event for us. Microsoft frequently reshuffles its employees. This reorganization,...
Jan 24, 2018 | Android, Apple, mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, Outlook, spam
I don’t like Focused Inbox. I want my Clutter back. Focused Inbox is Microsoft’s new method of filtering mail for Office 365 business accounts. Here’s more info about Focused Inbox. The short version: • Clutter and Focused Inbox are both ways to separate important...
Dec 21, 2017 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Box, bruceb, Chrome, Chromebook, Google, laptops, Microsoft, news, Office, Office 365, Outlook, phone, security, shopping, Surface, web_services, Windows 10 S, Windows10
A year ago I wrote this prediction: “The word of the year for 2017 is “chaos.” Write it down, seal it in an envelope, open it up a year from now and see if I got it right.” I think I get full marks. (Although Dictionary.com chose “complicit” as the word of the year,...
