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My gallbladder’s name is Curtis. And he’s got to go…
As I sit in bed, here in Victoria, browsing through Navo, and contemplating my purpose pushing through my 4th Gallbladder attack (3rd in 8 days), I thought I’d share what I’ve learned in case it helps others in the future. I am NOT a doctor so this is not medical advice, just some awareness as …
Read onA simple fix for when Microsoft Teams (Windows 10 Client) goes wonky
WHAT My Microsoft Teams client on Windows 10 looked like this last night. I rebooted, applied updates, cleared browser cache, crashed the app. Nothing I did would fix it. I went to bed thinking maybe something was down and it would be fine in the morning. Nope. Woke up today and no change. I then …
Read onAnd then there was one (handset)
And then there was one… Microsoft Teams Voice for the Win! We love our Microsoft Teams based phone system. We have just ONE handset left and that is simply to ensure we have a phone someone could pick up in a hurry to make a 911 call. Outside of that, everyone is enjoying a combination …
Read onCasual Introduction to Working out Loud in a Teams Channel
I made the following brief video for our team internally to help illustrate the difference between following a channel, @mentioning a person vs the whole team and the overall concept of “working out loud”. It’s a little casual … but hey, so am I. 🙂 And if it helps someone, somewhere. Bonus. 🙂
Read onMake-A-Wish National Volunteer Spirit Award
I’m pretty proud of Wendy and I being recognized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s BC & Yukon chapter this year. We love doing this and do it simply because it brings us joy.
Read onTrello vs Planner presentation – January 2018 Victoria Office 365 User group
Well, I went long on this one. The plan was to be 30 minutes and I clocked in at 57 minutes but I guess I was excited about the content … or just crazy. 🙂 Here’s the overview of what was presented and below is the deck shared on SlideShare. “Let’s talk about KanBan – …
Read onMy presentation from the September 2017 Office 365 User Group
Delivered monthly at the Victoria Office 365 User Group, this is the September 2017 installment of “What’s New in Office 365”, delivered by yours truly. Learn more: https://www.meetup.com/preview/VicO365/events/242412428 Office 365 – What’s New – September 2017 from itgroove Professional Services Ltd.
Read onWhat it is we do here at itgroove – now in technicolor!
So often it seems, folks are confused with what it is we do here at itgroove. Sometimes you need to say it clearly with some zesty colours. So that’s what we are doing this week. And here they are in a fancy, animated thingy…
Read onWell would you look at that – itgroove Podcasts
They wore me down and now we have a podcast of sorts. Ours will be a little different (I bet they all say that!)… We’ll do it when we have time. The goal is weekly, but time will tell once we slip into a groove Although we kicked off the first 3, we fully plan …
Read onExcel Online – Shapes break editing spreadsheets
What A customer recently moved several Excel Workbooks from Google Sheets to Office 365 (and Excel Online). These were complex sheets with lots of linking worksheets, formulas, etc. and on the surface seemed to be fine. However, one weekly operation was to take a copy of an existing worksheet and making it “this weeks” worksheet. …
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