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I’ve been a keyboard enthusiast for a long time. I have typed thousands upon thousands of pages of text on nearly every style of keyboard out there, except one. Until earlier this year, I had never explored a fully split-in-half keyboard. My wrists are partially rotated when I relax my arms. Not hands flat. I have gravitated toward the wave or tilt-split keyboards that raise the center keys into…

After you have used Microsoft Teams for a while, your navigation bar is likely to become a befuddled mess. Chats, meetings, people, and channels end up all over the place. Some folks thrive in that environment. I get it, using search for everything is a successful strategy for today’s deluge of data and messages.  Searching works, but sometimes it can be a lot slower than I would like. The new…

I was experiencing a minor annoyance between Microsoft Word on my PCs and mobile devices in some files. Dark mode was reversed on Word mobile. Switching to light mode on a tablet displayed the file as white text on a black background.  Because of this, I had to flip back to dark mode on my desktop or have my giant monitor fry my retinas. I’ve been using Word more frequently as of late, which…

When it comes to Indiana Jones, I’ve been a fan since the beginning. I’ve seen all the movies, visited the Disney stage show, played most of the games, and even watched the cartoons. I enjoy the adventure, humor, and supernatural twist on historical events. Right from the start, The Great Circle feels like an authentic Indiana Jones adventure. The game takes players to dramatized versions of…

It has been interesting to watch backup technology evolve over the years. Technological innovations like volume snapshots have made restoring from a backup one of the primary means of recovering from IT issues quickly. It hasn’t always been that way though. In the not-so-distant past, many businesses didn’t value having backup copies of digital information. They operated in a hybrid world where…

I have long been enamored by the experimentation and learning that is achieved via simulation. Simulation is used in everything from lab experiments to analysis models. The concept of simulating circumstances and environments has arguably helped jump start the modern era. Virtual Reality (VR) is the ultimate form of simulation in the digital realm. One could argue that no single entity has…

I learned something new this morning. A colleague asked how they could send an Outlook meeting invitation to a large group. They wanted to do this without exposing the attendee’s email addresses to the entire group. A quick on-line search suggested that it wasn’t an easy thing to do. As it turns out, that search was wrong. Another colleague enlightened us. If you are using the new Teams or new…

I am frequently asked to generate various reports for SharePoint Online. Usually, I can get the requested information from the Microsoft 365 Reports console, this time was different. We had just merged two Microsoft 365 tenants. The data move had worked according to the tools. The problem was that independent reports showed people were still using the old target sites after the cut…

I have a high-end Dell XPS laptop that I love. Recently, I ran into an issue where the Intel Killer Performance Suite would no longer update. The Killer Performance Suite is a package of advanced network control software and drivers. It’s frequently used in gaming and high-performance computers to boost network speed and reliability. The failing update wasn’t worth a lot of time or energy. I’m…

A few days back I was browsing the Microsoft App store on my laptop. I wasn’t looking for anything specific. I was just filling the time between meetings. I had searched the store for “Microsoft”, I like to keep tabs on any new software they release. That’s when I noticed it. A new app named PC Manager was in the list. The description was interesting. Microsoft has created an app to make…

Outlook often struggles with erroneous junk mail classifications. It seems that some messages can pass through the SMTP perimeter scanning and email authentication, but still end up in Outlook’s junk folder. The internal workings of Outlook’s built-in message filters aren’t fully documented anywhere that I know of. This can lead to some perplexing situations. Last week my own company’s…

New jobs are full of discovery and new situations. I usually enjoy the acclimation process. However, there is one thing that often proves to be a challenge for me. Somehow, my mobile service provider never works in my new employer’s building. This should be an easy problem to solve in the modern world. My Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is multiple SIM capable. Meaning it can use signals from two…

One of the many advantages of the advent of computers has been the ability to create perfect copies. Backups have been a cornerstone of the technology scene since the invention of electronic storage in 1953. Microsoft has offered numerous backup utilities over the years. Some, like Windows Server Backup, have been great. Others not so much. Not so long ago, Microsoft decided to get into the…