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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 15/09/2026

It’s funny how we ridicule a person for misusing a noisy Reply All. Some apps like Outlook default to Reply All. We participate in many group chats running across multiple platforms. Group chats are by default, Reply All. I think the problem is we’ve normalised being part of multiple conversations.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 14/08/2026

The new Microsoft Copilot logo is flat. What’s next?

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 01/07/2026

I was inspired by the Microsoft Copilot community and the prompt being used to generate a sketch note styled profiles of who you are and what you do. I’m not precious about prompts. I felt prompted to join in the fun and share a profile from the perspective of Gollum.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 14/05/2026

Two separate conversations with M365 Copilot this week that went like this. Me: How do you do this thing? Copilot: Here are the steps. Me: In your last step you tell me to use a thing that doesn’t exist. Copilot: You’re right. Sorry. Here are the actual steps. Always check AI responses. Always.

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Daniel Glenn @danielglenn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Copilot in Outlook: how the new chat panel can manage your inbox with natural‑language commands 365MCS.com/424Y #365MCS @365MCS #copilot #ai

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 06/05/2026

I haven’t used Notion for a while. On the iPad app I try to add text but the whole page scrolls up and the cursor is off the top of the page. I am running version 1.7.303. It‘s unusable to edit pages on my iPad with this bug. anyone else seeing it?

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 28/04/2026

If you’re going to be a Frontier company, you better be change-fit and able to adapt to day-to-day differences in the Copilot service.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/04/2026

What’s The Fuss about Copilot Cowork? Why is it such a step up from the Microsoft 365 Copilot we have seen so far? I take a close look at two suggested conversation starters and watch what Cowork does to make sense of my work. youtu.be/56WxCSD0_as?...

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What's The Fuss about Copilot Cowork?

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/04/2026

Sometimes I think that using generative AI is like that game we played with our little brother or sister. Darrell: “Guys, watch this. Hey Jimmy. Say ‘Fu*k’” Jimmy: says “Fu*k” in an innocent and inquisitive tone that asks “Did I say it right? Did I make you proud?”

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I'm sorry to be so "Old Man Yells at Cloud," but please just let me ask, do you remember when the menu bar was at the top and everything was up there? Why do we want a menu on the left, and a menu on the right? Now there are little menus sneaking up from the bottom? Who do I report this bug to?

A picture of Grandpa Simpson yelling at a cloud has been hastily composited with menu bars on all sides.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 19/02/2026

“What I would say is…” You did say it. I heard it. It’s not like you can take it back and say “I would have said that but I didn’t.”

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/02/2026

Windows needs a sobriety test this morning. Start menu and icons on the taskbar are right of centre. This is on an LG Dual Up monitor with display orientation in portrait.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 15/12/2025

I just killed two Paperlike covers in a row, putting them on my iPad Mini. As soon as a hair or dust particle gets on that sticky surface, it’s going to annoy me. I can’t ignore the micro-bubble that distorts the light from the screen. I’m just going bare screen. I don’t have the patience anymore.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 25/11/2025

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...

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

An unfortunate camera angle during the #MSIgnite keynote.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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-...

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

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-...

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Book of News

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/11/2025

🎤 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 ☔️

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 10/11/2025

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?...

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What We Lost When Cameras Got Better

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/11/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 01/11/2025

The Life Tea Cosy with Darrell Zissou

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 31/10/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 29/10/2025

💬 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. 🗓️

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 24/10/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 04/10/2025

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?...

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Vibe-work with an OFFICE AGENT for Microsoft 365 Copilot?

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Mark Ka$hman @mkashman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🕵️ 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...

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Who are you (at work)?

Remove the mystery for your co-workers. Introduce yourself by creating a SharePoint page that's all about YOU!

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 02/10/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 01/10/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 01/10/2025

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?...

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Hegseth Lectures "Fat Generals" and Trump Threatens War Against U.S. Cities | The Daily Show

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 30/09/2025

It’s Frodo Potter and Stranger Thingo Yankovic

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 22/09/2025

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°.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 21/09/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 20/09/2025

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...

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 19/09/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 13/09/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 09/09/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 08/09/2025

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?

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/09/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 28/08/2025

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.

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