I purchased a MacBook Pro device as my primary travel and remote work machine in early February this year. You can read my initial review here. The exact model is the MacBook Pro 14″ M2 Max, with 32 GB of… Read More »My experience using a MacBook Pro for 100 days
I’ve used Grammarly, the semi-intelligent grammar cexcellentr, since 2019. It’s great software for fine-tuning, fixing, and re-writing your text. I’m currently at 3.4 million words checked with Grammarly, with a continuous streak of 209 weeks. I’ve written previously about Grammarly… Read More »Getting started with GrammarlyGO
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my initial experience with provisioning and using the ChatGPT model with Azure OpenAI Services. Since then, a lot has happened. GPT-4 was announced. Microsoft 365 Copilot was unveiled. Each day, we’re getting more… Read More »Building a ChatGPT solution with custom data using Azure OpenAI
ChatGPT was announced in early January 2023 as an easy-to-use AI service. I feel it still is somewhat compelling, yet at the same time, I’m not utilizing it all that much. The hallucinations the AI engine gives me are offputting.… Read More »A practical look at using and building on Azure OpenAI, specifically the “ChatGPT-style” feature
Last night, I was notified that a local Finnish food brand – HK – has announced they are jumping into the metaverse. You can read the press release in English here. “Okay, this should be interesting,” was my first thought… Read More »Peak metaverse hustle: the virtual mettwurst
It’s been three weeks since I replaced my main laptop with the Apple MacBook Pro 14″ (M2 Max, 2023). You can read my initial thoughts here. As I’m writing this blog on the device, I’m still as happy with the… Read More »A few tips for using MacOS, when you have a strong Windows background
I’m having my winter holiday this week, which is customary in Finland. I guess the historical reason for a week off in the middle of February was for kids to have time to do traditional winter activities such as skiing… Read More »Building a little notification engine for Tailscale events
I’m typing this article on a MacBook Pro 14″ M2 Max device I bought a few days ago. I’ve used Windows since Windows 3.1; before that, I was a prolific MS-DOS user. I’m fully immersed in Microsoft services and platforms… Read More »A journey into using a MacBook Pro 14″ M2 Max (2023) after a lifetime on Windows and PCs
I’m delighted to be able to present a session at the European Collaboration Summit 2023! This will be the 10th-anniversary edition of the event and will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from May 22 to May 24. My session is… Read More »I’m presenting at the European Collaboration Summit 2023!
At home I have a gigabit-grade fiber optic connection. It’s been super stable and solid for months. Until last weekend, Youtube stopped working for the kids in the living room TV. I did a quick test and saw that my… Read More »Building a quick uptime monitor for the home office Internet connection
In early 2019, I left Facebook by deactivating my account. A year ago, I went and fully deleted my account. Now, after four years, I’ve forgotten Facebook exists. The intention was not to leave all Meta owner properties – I’m… Read More »It’s been four years since I left Facebook – now what?
I’ve slacked a bit on reading books lately. Life, in general, has been hectic, and I haven’t had a decent chance to read an excellent book. I’ve fixed that now, at least for this week, by reading the latest book… Read More »Review: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Cookbook by Sasha Kranjac (Packt Publishing)
Like in many previous years, I usually reflect on the past year and configure my thinking for the upcoming year. This year has been challenging – both in a good way, but also in a taxing way. I’ve been swamped… Read More »Hello, 2023! And thanks, 2022 – you were (mostly) awesome!
I briefly wrote about the EU Sovereign Cloud in March of this year. Fast forward to today, and we have the official announcement from Microsoft – the EU Data Boundary is being rolled out in a phased manner from January… Read More »An early look at the EU Data Boundary
Earlier this year, I wrote a summary of our internal reflection within the team on getting a new office space. Fast forward to the end of 2022, and I have some new thoughts on this. Part of my thinking has… Read More »I guess we are never returning to the office
About a year ago, I recapped my gym experience from 2019 to 2021. It has been three years, and I’m happy to say I still stick to the same principles and attitude. Initially, I wanted to get fit and headed… Read More »A look back: Three years of working out at the gym
Some time ago, I came upon a blog from Signal on how to help people in Iran. The idea is to run a proxy that relays traffic for Signal messaging. This is then used in scenarios where the government blocks… Read More »Building and securing a Signal Proxy service in Azure
About a year ago, I wrote about transforming your organization by retiring the on-premises Active Directory. This post is a bit of a sequel to that, as I left you with the thought of migrating your Active Directory identities to… Read More »Transforming your organization to cloud-only: Migrating Active Directory identities to cloud identities
It seems working in tech has always been about figuring out stuff. You realize there are buzzwords you are not that familiar with every now and then. In my three decades of working in IT, I’ve spent considerable time over… Read More »I’m trying to understand what the value of Metaverse is, and I’m not sure I’m succeeding
It’s a rainy morning here in Helsinki, and I’m thankful for being able to spend a few hours at a small café close to a customer site before a workshop. For the past weeks, I’ve been dealing with a slight… Read More »Lessons learned: Testing new Azure features