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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 28/11/2025

Love it! Not just vibe coding tools in the hands of geeks, but actually geeks who have problems that need solutions. Imagine if they actually let us at the platform itself!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 29/10/2025

Omfg, maybe finally Glint won't require a CSV file just to onboard users!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 01/10/2025

As a child of immigrants, my parents often asked me to review what they'd written. Now, if anyone asks me to review anything (or even if they don't) I will be drawn immediately to any spelling or grammatical errors. Throw in incorrect logos of late. :-) The Autism helps with this task.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 24/09/2025

An interesting idea! Let's chat next week when I'm back from holidays, and see what we can do!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 24/09/2025

Well, I've not done that specific scenario live from PBI, but I have used the Search endpoint to find specific things and store the outputs in a table, then used PBI to report on it. I have however done Graph queries directly from PBI, which can be a BI sluggish. What's the required search string?

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 23/09/2025

This is why we need to be free of vendor lock-ins. First, Samsung offered photo backups, then moved to OneDrive, now back again? No thanks, I'll use Immich.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 23/09/2025

You can make it talk to Graph directly, so technically yes.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 17/09/2025

I can understand that, and it's certainly something I miss. The primary motivator for leaving was the owner. :-/

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 17/09/2025

One of the reasons I left X

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 13/09/2025

Should’ve already done better.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 15/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: Eight Inch Nails

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 15/08/2025

Oh dear, that's embarrassing!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 29/07/2025

Your loss buddy. It's quite a tasty combo!

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Megan @meganstrant.com · 24/07/2025

Some days I feel like I'm on a crusade to teach people about Executive Functions. It really does help in personal life and the workplace. It's a positive journey, so I'm happy on this crusade. A bit of general info in my latest blog: www.meganstrant.com/how-educatin...

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How educating clients about Executive Functions improves their daily life

I feel like I’ve been going on about Executive Functions for years. Probably because I have been a wee bit obsessed for quite a while. In fact it has been many years since I first did a confe…

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 18/07/2025

I still have one tenant from 2017, because they disabled my guest account. Can't leave. :-/

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 16/07/2025

Mine would be easy, because for every response I'd just channel Logan Roy.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 07/07/2025

The same person who said that would then complain that sponsors have presentations. So, who pays? The experts are already giving their time and expertise. Should they cover the cost of food and venue hire too? Such entitlement!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 06/07/2025

I would say no, as many others have successfully implemented it. Do you have the appropriate licenses and roles?

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 21/06/2025

I'm wishing my white goods would die so I have a reason to replace them with smart ones. I have power monitoring on them, but it pains me to have such limited control given the level of everything else in the house.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 11/06/2025

I used the local API on my UDM to connect. It was a completely random thing as I was trying to see what kind of data I could pull from my UniFi kit, to see if it could be connected with data in Microsoft Places and other physical sources to give a definitive picture of attendance.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 10/06/2025

Today's solution looking for a problem: hooked up Power BI to my #Ubiquiti network. As long as the items have some of naming convention in UniFi I can break things up into more visuals and graphs. Only works in desktop at this stage as the API isn't available to the web. #PowerBI #UniFi #BecauseICan

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 06/06/2025

Dear Microsoft, when I open up "Microsoft 365 Copilot" (formerly the home screen of #Microsoft365) and press the Create button, images are not the first thing I want to see. The productivity app content should not be buried under "more". #Copilot #M365Copilot

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 04/06/2025

Ah... #PowerBI... continuing to make errors when it comes to #OneDrive or #SharePoint

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 19/05/2025

I completely get it! I haven't lost weight from my gym efforts, but am a lot stronger and able to do things without injury, as well as stand up from the couch in one move without using hands or making sound!

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 26/04/2025

I'm also wondering how this was a priority that warranted development investment.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 23/04/2025

Being enraged is a form of engagement.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 23/04/2025

Then you have failed in your civic duty! You could have at least directed them to www.letmecorrectthatforyou.com#copilot

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Let Me Correct That For You – You're here because someone was too polite to correct you themselves

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 21/04/2025

First, there was confusion between Copilot being for or in something. Now enters a new contender: OneNote *for* Windows vs OneNote *on* Windows.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 09/04/2025

And we'll have senior leaders tell you that it would be great to have you come in. Then we'll tell your team leads that we'd like to see their team members come in. Then we'll raise it in your performance review. Not as a negative, but as a thing, just hanging there so you feel compelled to come in.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 28/03/2025

You can't. It's like Copilot in everything Microsoft.

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 27/03/2025

The "new" calendar even shows up in classic Outlook as a beta app. It's a great indication of simplistic it is by comparison. :-/

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Loryan Strant @loryanstrant.com · 27/03/2025

I know that meetings in #MicrosoftTeams channels aren't perfect, but isn't it better to keep all the items together in context? Because realistically, a non-channel meeting is actually a group chat with voice & video. #PSA #StopGroupChats

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