Ask, Seek, Knock
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7) I was reminded of the simple truth of this verse today. I had an idea in mind for a client for 2018, and for […]
Michael Sampson
Linking Files and Notes in Yammer with Office 365 (read SharePoint)
Microsoft is making progress in the long awaited alignment between Yammer and Office 365. We don’t yet have the ability to use a SharePoint document library in a Yammer Group, but you can create and save Office documents into the Yammer Files tool. The file types are consistent […]
Weekend Video 09.12
Amazon gives some ideas of how Alexa could be used at the office, including scheduling meetings, ordering photocopying paper, start meetings, finding an available meeting room, finding a colleague’s desk, and more.
Weekend Reading 09.12
There are many people doing interesting work around the world. Here’s a selection of the interesting ideas I have come across this week. Find yourself a coffee or tea, pull out your digital reading device of choice, and go exploring. Microsoft Teams Update for November (Anne Michels) … […]
Traditional Mobile Workplace vs. Phone and iPad
Carsten from SAP Hybris compares his work style and everyday device carry with a traditional mobile workplace. The new “digital mindset” provides a different way of working, moving through time and space, sharing documents, watching movies, keeping in contact with loved ones, getting briefing papers, and more. It’s […]
Driving as Collaboration
In recent years I have trained four of my children to drive (sometime soon we’ll be at the halfway point: four down, seven to go). For a couple I was the near solo teacher; for others, additional friends and family have helped too (for which I was very […]
Microsoft Whiteboard – Preview Now Available
Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft Whiteboard, an app for freeform drawing on Windows 10 devices. Microsoft Whiteboard Preview lets you create in whatever way feels most natural to you. The pen-first, touch-first technology lets you make fluid gestures with your fingers or draw out finer details with […]
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Talent and LinkedIn
At Ignite 2017, Michele Ballinger and Brandon Potter, both of Microsoft, gave an introduction to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Talent, including the Attract and Onboard modules. Attract is for the recruiting portion of finding and hiring a new employee; Onboard is for managing the onboarding process of integrating […]
Weekend Reading 02.12
There are many people doing interesting work around the world. Here’s a selection of the interesting ideas I have come across this week. Find yourself a coffee or tea, pull out your digital reading device of choice, and go exploring. Making Cognitive Search Work (Martin White) … “The […]
Weekend Video 02.12
Air New Zealand has a bit of fun at the expense of the New Zealand accent. As a world traveller there is something magical about getting back on board an Air New Zealand plane and hearing the Kiwi accent again. But, yes, I get it that our accent […]
Michael Sampson 
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