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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 · 12/05/2026

Zoomscrolling - speed running the doom gauntlet.

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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 · 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

An unfortunate camera angle during the #MSIgnite keynote.

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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 · 25/10/2025

…phew. 😮‍💨 You had me worried for a moment. #ToiletThoughts

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 18/09/2025

This just means you have to play Microsoft’s version of “Simon Say’s” to unlock your account. If you pass round 8, you probably are a robot.

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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 · 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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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 16/08/2025

Another meeting that should have been an email.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 12/08/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 11/08/2025

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

Marketing site for Microsoft Loop. An embedded video demonstrates how to collaborate with Loop. But it only plays once on the page. In this screenshot I have used right-click on the video and chosen the option to loop the Loop video.

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

Moody afternoon Auckland skyline, taken from St Johns Rd.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 26/07/2025

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

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 21/07/2025

Part 3’s video discusses when to use Threaded Channels, a list of things to consider before you change, and shares an interactive guide for introducing Threaded Channels to your team. Evaluate them in a practical way and get your team’s feedback.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 21/07/2025

Part 2’s video compares Group Chats vs Threaded Channels vs Channel Posts. It discusses the similarities and differences, and overlaps in functionality.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 14/07/2025

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.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 05/07/2025

This thread reminded me of a form of pareidolia I experienced while watching the first season of The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda was trending. Then he appeared at our front door.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 22/06/2025

Other options were… a rough representation of the episode content.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 22/06/2025

Here’s a sneek peek for the next episode of 365 Message Center Show #365MCS, lovingly crafted by Copilot using the show-notes in 383.loop. 🤣

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/06/2025

Morning fog from Mt Maungarei this week. I like how the fog provides more separation to the layers in the landscape. Majestic-feels

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 10/06/2025

Hmm🤔. Was @microsoft.com generatively-inspired by @copilotconnection.com when they launched their official Microsoft 365 Copilot YouTube channel - “M365 Copilot Connection”❓🤨

“The Copilot Connection” YouTube channel, launched in September 2023 by Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell.

“M365 Copilot Connection” YouTube channel, launched in March 2025 by Microsoft.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 09/06/2025

How to make coffee for your team - a visual guide that I made myself as a generative esspressionist. James Hoffmann would be proud of the authenticity and flavour of this graphic.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 24/05/2025

Foil4TheGulf event - raising awareness “The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill” that aims to restore the health of the Gulf, which is facing ecological challenges.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 17/05/2025

Seriously Meta Messenger? Can’t I just view a photo in our family group chat without AI offering to edit it, over the top of the furry little subject of the photo?

Photo of woman and dog, displayed in a Messenger group chat. Messenger’s AI is offering to edit the photo and is displaying it’s message over the top of the small dog in the photo. The photo has been marked up with a thick red line crossing through the “Edit with AI” message.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/05/2025

Isn’t showing the thought process supposed to help us see how the AI came to its conclusions? If this steps are hallucinations themselves, how can we check its thinking?

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 07/05/2025

So yeah, I lost my cool while recording a training session in Teams. I wonder what Copliot would make if the transcript.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 04/05/2025

This picture perfectly portrays the place pizza has in our Microsoft user group culture. A used paper plate on the podium reflects ambient light on the Microsoft logo of the Surface book, unintentionally shedding light on the subject. Taken at MS Copilot UG of Aotearoa www.meetup.com/ms-copilot-u...

Daniel Scott-Raynsford presenting his Italy Travel Assistant app developed in Copilot Studio.

Close up of Daniel Scott-Raynsford presenting his Italy Travel Assistant app developed in Copilot Studio.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 02/05/2025

Hello! Kia ora! This light display on Queen St in Auckland is a welcome sight. Also a welcoming sight.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 02/05/2025

Some doughnut thingy, framing harbour-side lights.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 02/05/2025

Night time reflections in Viaduct Harbour. SONY ILCE-6700, 40 mm (FE 40mm F2.5 G), 1/6 sec, ƒ/4, 160

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 28/04/2025

“Make a picture of me in the style that everyone is using at the moment. Use this photo of me as a starting point.” There was an attempt. Tell me what you think of the response.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 18/04/2025

Afternoon walk along Mangere Bridge after the storm. The sky is still moody, making for some wonderful lighting and a salt-spray bokeh.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 13/04/2025

Well hello Auckland. You’re looking delish.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 13/04/2025

“Escape. No Escape.” 14 Commerce St, Auckland CBD. maps.app.goo.gl/phGWcTdLwgTY...

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 11/04/2025

This might be why your connections can’t dm you.

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Darrell Webster @darrell.modernworkmentor.com · 11/04/2025

Not surprisingly, the "Visualise as a list" option didn't have much to work with. In summary, that was interesting. But not helpful. Feedback: Put the Copilot Cursor (floater) beside the object I'm working with. Don't obstruct what I am working on.

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