Feb 1, 2023 | business, Google, news, search, web_services
Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? Each person draws different conclusions about the elephant based on their limited experiences. ChatGPT is the elephant in the room. There are wild disagreements raging online about every single aspect of ChatGPT....
Aug 5, 2021 | mail, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, Office tips, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services
I haven’t used the desktop versions of Outlook or Word in six months. I did it for you. I’ve been telling you about how swell it is to store your files in OneDrive and use Microsoft’s web apps instead of the desktop versions of Word and Excel and I was pretty sure...
Jul 21, 2021 | Dropbox, Google, Google Drive, Microsoft, OneDrive, web_services
A few days ago Google announced a new/updated Google Drive app for Windows and Mac computers. It allows you to use File Explorer or Mac Finder to view and open files stored online in Google Drive – basically exactly the same thing you can do today with OneDrive,...
May 27, 2021 | Azure, backup, cybersecurity, mail, Microsoft, OneDrive, security, web_services
Educate. Encourage. Enforce. It’s all about security. That’s today’s job for a small business IT consultant. There’s been a consistent curve to technology adoption over the years: enterprises build their businesses around giant-sized technology-based processes, then...
May 12, 2021 | Amazon, video, web_services
I had an epiphany the other day about something that has been puzzling me: I expect “My List” to be the first thing I see on Netflix, and it’s not there. I couldn’t figure it out. Not only wasn’t it the first thing I saw, “My Stuff” was actually hard to find on some...
Apr 19, 2021 | Apple, business, Microsoft, news, web_services
If you’re an old-timer like me, you probably have memories – maybe fond memories, maybe not – of Dragon Naturally Speaking, for many years the only dictation software for Windows that was even remotely useful. Dragon was quirky, buggy, and...
