Meeting are just a fact of life for most of us. We tend to have too many of them (unless we are the people organising them!). There are many tips and tricks to make meetings more effective and less of…
Accessibility Resources
This week, I have had the privilege to speak to well over a hundred people about the accessibility features that are available in Microsoft products. The sessions that I have run were varied based on audience and event but the…
Flow To the Zone with Focus Assist
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, now that is a name that is hard to remember! Maybe if you reached the pinnacle of focus and concentration, you would be in “the zone” and be able to remember it. Alternatively, you might enter a state…
Microsoft To-Do is good for our mental health
It may seem like a strange statement to make and many will immediately deny it and talk about how a software product is not usually something that we consider good for our heath, unless it is re-enforcing our belief that…
Return with No Stress
You have prepared to go on holiday (See Escape with No Stress) and you have had a lovely time. You told everyone that you would be out but still, they have sent you emails and you have actions as a…
Escape with No Stress
Going on holiday is something we all look forward to. Making sure that you have no stress when you are away is sometimes a challenge though. It always feels like preparing to be out of the office with no communications…
Inclusive Design Leads to Good Design
The modern user experience is a very slick thing! It provides us with a pleasurable, intuitive experience when we interact with the digital world. That is not always true! I can think of web sites and apps that I use…
Agile on the Beach 2019
Agile on the Beach (AOTB) sounds great. Let’s face it, a conference on a beach, how could that not be great! In its 9 years of running AOTB has built a reputation for having quality speakers presenting useful and engaging…
Export Visio Documents to Office
I work a lot with Visio when designing processes and even navigational routes through applications. One the biggest challenges I have is to be able quickly share designs with clients who are not necessarily using Visio. I had this challenge…
Folders vs. Metadata in the modern world
I have worked with many clients over many versions of SharePoint and over the years the attitude to folders has evolved quite a lot. I am sure many of us remember certain colleagues who have been quite stubborn in their…