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Hal Hostetler @TVWizard

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Joined November 2008
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Check out my latest article: So Long, Microsoft Lens: What Just Happened (And What to Do Now) linkedin.com/pulse/so-long-m… via @LinkedIn

So Long, Microsoft Lens: What Just Happened (And What to Do Now)

What Happened? The Microsoft Lens Timeline Well, friends, it's official—Microsoft Lens has left the building. If you've been using this handy little scanner app for years (and let's be honest, who...

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Check out my latest article: Microsoft Quietly Kills Phone Activation After 20 Years — What It Means and Why It Matters linkedin.com/pulse/microsoft… via @LinkedIn

Microsoft Quietly Kills Phone Activation After 20 Years — What It Means and Why It Matters

For more than two decades, Windows users had a reliable fallback whenever product activation failed: pick up the phone, dial Microsoft’s automated hotline, read off a long numeric installation ID,...

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Check out my latest article: Put out that light!!! (Please?) linkedin.com/pulse/put-out-l… via @LinkedIn

Put out that light!!! (Please?)

When a computer “something” comes along that blindsides me and gives me a virtual slap in the face, I feel obliged to tell folks about it. “The account you are about to read is real and (unlike...

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Hey @paypal, thanks for allowing and assisting bad guys steal $4,349.00 from me. Your "Review Sale" button became "SUCCESS" and all that money gone! Yes, reported, "Under Review" for God knows how long. NEVER AGAIN, LOST CUSTIMER! #Thieves #RIPIFF
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Check out my latest article: Progressive Web App (PWA) to the rescue! linkedin.com/pulse/progressi… via @LinkedIn

Progressive Web App (PWA) to the rescue!

I’ve done an article on this subject before for the desktop, but the ability to make PWAs in the smartphone environment is turning out to be a positive boon! Here’s a good example. The Windup.

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Check out my latest article: Dictate Messages in Microsoft Teams: A Simple Voice-to-Text Hack linkedin.com/pulse/dictate-m… via @LinkedIn

Dictate Messages in Microsoft Teams: A Simple Voice-to-Text Hack

If you’ve ever wished you could speak your messages instead of typing them in Microsoft Teams, you’re not alone. Seven weeks ago, I had left shoulder replacement surgery and was mostly one armed for...

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Check out my latest article: Authenticator Catch 22, the sequel linkedin.com/pulse/authentic… via @LinkedIn

Authenticator Catch 22, the sequel

I wrote an article very much like this a year or so ago. Since then, several friends have fallen victim to the Authenticator Catch 22 disease, so I decided a repeat article is in order.

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Thanks @buckleyplanet for another wonderful #Collabtalk Tweetjam!! See Y'all next time!
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A7: AI is not there to replace people; it is there to empower them and enhance their activities. It has made an acceptable writer out of me!! Good Stuff!! #Collabtalk
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A6 Look to your help desk for an answer. If it's quiet and AI is going well, you're on the right track #collabtalk
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A5: Training, training, training, training, and more training. #collabtalk
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A4: These all have to be there from the start, everyone must buy in, be trained, and use it from the get-go. #collabtalk
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A3: Organization and governance. Everything must be set up to go into AI and AI must be setup t handle all of it #Collabtalk
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A2: Again, AI from the ground up, all aspects are built with AI as the primary methodology. TRAINING!!!!!!!!! #collabtalk
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A2: Again, AI from the ground up, all aspects are built with AI as the primary methodology. TRAINING!!!!!!!!!
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Hal Hostetler, M365 MVP and Consultant for Roland, Schorr, and Tower here for another #collabtalk tweetjam!!
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If you still use these apps, here's how to keep them. Alas, poor WordPad! linkedin.com/pulse/alas-poor…

Alas, poor WordPad!

I came across this Learn article and I found it personally saddening. A number of Windows’ “standard” features are being removed in upcoming updates, several of which I still use from time to time.

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Thanks @buckleyplanet for another wonderful #collabtalk tweetjam!!!
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A7: Microsoft is on the right track, but continued training and governance is a must. #collabtalk
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A6: More flags, more fun! having multiple agents and OneDrive integration will be BIG helps. #Collabtalk
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