As I near the completion of my Executive MBA studies, I am conducting research on organizational advocacy and inviting you to contribute to my thesis by taking a brief, anonymous survey. If you have just one or two minutes to spare, your input will help shape my final paper, which I plan to analyze and publish later this year.

In this post, I share my honest impressions after using the Samsung Galaxy Note10+ for 150 days, offering insights for those considering a switch from iOS or to a Note-style device. While I find the phone to be nearly the best I’ve ever owned due to its speed and display, I also discuss its minor imperfections regarding one-handed use and typing comfort in landscape mode.

If you are curious about how to leverage Windows 10 and Azure to automatically track your work-from-home status, this post details my experience building that custom solution. I share the technical challenges I faced in detecting lock/unlock states using C# and why I chose a cloud-based API over traditional scheduling tools to ensure reliable monitoring.

As preorders for the new Microsoft Surface Duo open, I share my concerns regarding its reliance on the older Snapdragon 855 processor rather than current flagship hardware. I also discuss the disappointing omission of 5G and NFC, arguing that these missing features limit the device's potential despite Microsoft’s positioning of it as an enterprise tool.

Discover how to streamline your workflow by using the Your Phone Companion app to manage texts, mirror your Android screen, and share a clipboard directly from your Windows 10 PC. I share my personal experience using these features over Wi-Fi to stay productive without constantly picking up my phone, highlighting the convenience of handling notifications and two-factor authentication codes remotely.

Discover how I successfully migrated an on-premises Hyper-V virtual machine to Azure using Azure Migrate, overcoming previous challenges by deploying a dedicated Windows Server 2019 host. This guide walks through creating a server assessment and importing the Azure Migrate Appliance VM to facilitate a seamless 1:1 cutover migration from my local network to the cloud.