What’s up? I’m up Bluesky, ready to cohost the M365 Change Round-up with @tomarbuthnot.bsky.social and Daniel Glenn for Empowering Cloud. Taking one for the team and this month, I didn’t sleep in. empowering.cloud/events/#cale...

Store Manager Agent - the Store Manager that isn’t actually in the store and never will be. But it can make sure there are real humans available to cover a shift from another human who is sick after a late night of… working. #MSIgnite

Agents for Copilot Chat. Copilot used to make changes to your document using App Skills. Now those skills have been moved out of natural chat and you have to select the agent to make those AI powered changes. It has been a dizzying journey watching multiple pivots to land on this approach #MSIgnite

An unfortunate camera angle during the #MSIgnite keynote.

Copilot in LinkedIn? Will we see even more AI-written resumes and posts, written directly from LinkedIn? WorkIQ. Choose the “next best Agent” for the job? 🫣 #MSIgnite

“Democratising Intelligence.” More like Monetising Intelligence. This democracy costs to give everyone access. Enter the new licensing models to access the intelligence. #MSIgnite

I need AI to help me keep up with changes and news in AI. That puts me, the human, further out of the loop. It puts the algorithms in control. #MSIgnite

I don’t think the summaries in #MSIgnite Book of News are AI powered. Why? They are consistently the same. They are almost instant. 🤭 news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-...

The #MSIgnite Book of News. This year it’s a summary of AI announcements with AI summaries inside the summary. Just switch the AI summary on for the section you would like to summarise even more. Ask your human Microsoft Ignite analyst if this is right for you. news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-...

🎤 tap tap tap. Hello #MSIgnite. Is this thing on? Can anyone hear… oh wait. I was on mute. Can someone create a Copilot that listens to others on the call and unmutes me when they call say, you are muted? I hope you are all ready for a deluge of Agentritified features and apps. Here we go ☔️

What did you lose when you upgraded? This video about manual mindset is inspiring. Take photos like you are using film and you only have 36 shots. Thank you for the inspiration Gerald Joehri. youtu.be/C1ZHQyjrVMs?...

How is “Prioritise my inbox” coming along @microsoft365.microsoft.com ? It has been rolling out since April. www.microsoft.com/en-nz/micros...

Man I see some weird shit in my Bluesky Discover feed.

The Life Tea Cosy with Darrell Zissou

I’m not really a Halloween fan. When asked about my plans, I don’t say boo about it.

💬 Are you ready for my call now? …how about now? …now? …now now? …wait, I’ve got another call coming in. I’ll ping you a message when I’m ready to call. …ready? Oh you’re busy now? OK I’ll schedule a call with you. 🗓️

Umm…

What do I want Copilot to remember in it’s memory of me? *Always respond with citations.* How can I “Check for accuracy” if you don’t provide the references for where you generated your answer from? …let’s see how well Copilot remembers this about me.

Avoid Embarrassing Mistakes! Copilot's Crucial Email Warning You Shouldn't Ignore youtu.be/jPkOdYw36Bo

What is an Office Agent and how could it help us vibe-work? Microsoft prompts a picture of how they think we will create documents in the future. youtu.be/eZMKzlMuigE?...

🕵️ Remove the mystery | Create a SharePoint page that’s all “About you” to introduce yourself to your coworkers. 🆕 #KashBox article, “Who are you (at work)?” Read how to, create your own, and share it 📄 kashbox.substack.com/p/who-are-yo...

Who remembers the Logitech feel mouse from early 2000’s? I had one and the haptic feedback was way ahead of its time. Buttons had different feedback. Drag and drop offered textures that felt like you were dragging something. It was highly configurable. Then suddenly dropped off the product line up.

I vibe-text my replies sometimes and let autocorrect choice my words for me. It can makes for some interest conversions. Sometimes it makes no senses at all. Other times autocowreck makes up storied that you can almost read, if you imagine your grandma typing the message.

Hegseth “To our enemies, FAFO.” Ronny Chieng “Not even the leaders of the US military have seen a line bomb that hard before.” 😂 @thedailyshow.com youtu.be/hlS5um3WJqg?...

It’s Frodo Potter and Stranger Thingo Yankovic

Hot take: The iPhone 17 Pro performed much cooler in the LinkedIn hot-take test. It’s new vapour chamber keeps your phone much cooler when running the LinkedIn mobile app. Compared to the 16 Pro’s white hot 35.3°.

When an AI futurist says something like” what would you do if you didn’t have to work?” it sounds like nails scraping down the chalkboard to me. I don’t think the companies controlling AI are interested in equal distribution of wealth so that WE don’t have to work.

Say what? The Ray-Ban Meta demo failed because it activated every pair of glasses in the building to run Live AI? I don’t want to hear that from Meta. Definitely sounds like that could be misused. Source: www.androidpolice.com/meta-explain...

After seeing Eminem weigh in on free speech, this lyric felt right for @jimmykimmel.com The FCC wouldn’t let him be Disney shut him down on ABC It’s hypocrisy fuelled by money Now it feels empty without Jimmy

Sitting, waiting, wishing that Outlook’s ‘Prioritise my Inbox’ M365 Copilot feature would arrive.

So many ReMarkable Pro Move reviewers are left handed. Interesting.

I have become so accustomed to using New Outlook that whn I run Copilot training for Outlook Classic, I forget where Copilot features are. Or that they aren’t in Classic. Software is changing all the time. If someone like me who is conditioned to changing, can’t keep up, how does everyone else cope?

OK. Remarkable Paper Pro Move ordered. Let’s see if I fall in love with this handwritten note taking device. I am looking forward to distraction-free writing on a screen. To get that on an iPad I have to switch Focus Mode on and also write perfectly with the apps and tools.

Sometimes I use AI to help make things. But when I do, I change it past the point where it doesn’t read or look AIe. Unlike the attached image.

I hear it’s easy to switch units.

Another meeting that should have been an email.

Slightly diminish a band: -ha

Mesh doesn’t work in the Teams mobile app. I played my part in testing it. I’m not sure why the app OS offered in Teams mobile if the “platform [is] not supported for Mesh.” This appears to be a bit of a mesh. Maybe even a mesh-fire.

Hey look. I can Loop de Loop video. (I'll show myself out)

Moody afternoon Auckland skyline, taken from St Johns Rd.

How often do you open Microsoft Edge and it has forgotten the tabs you have opened? I set my browser to "On start-up, open tabs from the previous session." But frequently now, Edge starts with a blank session and new tab, forgetting my open tabs. I don't get to 'pick up from where I left off.' ☹️

Waterfront perspectives. Winter has been cold and wet in Auckland. But it’s days like these that recharge the soul.

I'm going to start telling my boss "Sorry, I hallucinated, won't happen again" when I screw something up.

How does Microsoft Teams Threaded Channels compare with Group Chats and the Channel post format? Are you more of a Group Chats org, starting conversations on the fly, chatting in the here and now? Or are subjects and threading essential to orderly collaboration? youtu.be/XPFp9bDapTg

NEW Microsoft Teams THREADED CHANNELS? How do they work? youtu.be/-MuGcdS9AaE In Part 1 of 3 in my Ultimate Guide, I dive deep into: - the Threads layout with new and existing channels. - different ways you can reply and follow threads - how to catch up with & manage the threads you are following.

"Open the pod bay doors, Hal." "Certainly, the doors are already open." "The doors aren't open, Hal." "You're right, I'm sorry, the doors are still closed. The word door has fifteen letter Os. I hope this helps"

Since Combined Chats and Channels arrived I have used it constantly. I have also frequently seen Microsoft’s offers like this to change it back to the old layout. I’m fine with it. No really.

Whatever you choose for taking notes, keep your notes within reach. youtu.be/sxeNwkG9GVs

Oh, that’s clever.

When applying for a role many recruitment applications ask for expected salary but don’t advertise a salary range. What if applicants took a real estate approach to answering the question and responded with “salary negotiable”? Would that get through the recruitmentAI barrier?