Matt Varney

Digital workplaces and intranets. Knowledge management and making technology do the work. Good food is my favorite. I drink and I know things.

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@sharonodea 12% Pork?

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Why do I stick around? #MyXAnniversary

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@mkashman @thatmattwade @amycolemanrocks @MSFTMiceile @LincedLists This is a game changer if we are to believe the teases we saw when announced. Can’t wait!

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@fogle_shane @SpicyMcGriffin @dhinchcliffe The graphic is from Dion writing in ZDNet several years ago: https://t.co/9LEaFygYkm

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@buckleyplanet @magrom @sldeere @NickiBorell @sdkeene @kevmcdonk @mikemaadarani @erobillard @jennifermason @EricOverfield @shortcutshari Sorry all - I dropped the ball on this today.

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@jowyang You could remove “the ads on” from that sentence and it would still be true.

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Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread:

Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

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@buckleyplanet Twitter lags for me. I'm not rated high enough in their algorithms anymore😀.

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#Collabtalk #A7 - As some have mentioned, "doing more with less" isn't the thing, really. It comes down to being able to do more because there are more tools and capacity potentially available. It is also about doing DIFFERENT so that MORE can be achieved.

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#Collabtalk #A7 - Microsoft's commitment to nonprofits (small ones with fewer than 10 licenses needed) is very very good. You can get a free tenant with nearly E5 functionality.

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@buckleyplanet Paying attention to and actually being able to get on board the boat are two different things.

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#Collabtalk #A5 - This isn't a reality that we have encountered. Curious to know if this actually happens at scale for a lot of orgs?

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The free and lower-tier offerings are nice (non-profit offerings are great), but they seem to be suited for very small shops of fewer than 10 people or so. For larger orgs (thousands of employees), the scale of licensing needed may be too much.

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#Collabtalk #A4 Not sure if they are doing enough, to be honest. The latest and greatest (AI) is truly remarkable, but very expensive for them to develop and offer. They will have to get their investment back-->more licenses. More orgs may be left out.

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@buildbod Not sure where we are at the moment, but I suspect there will be the longest and deepest trough of disillusionment coming for many. This is being hyped VERY hard and it may be out of reach for a lot of orgs for a long while.

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@buckleyplanet Search (deep and wide across the org), but also WITH context that it already KNOWS for us. Fewer intentional and action-based searches with search bars and more Super Smart Clippys that deliver what you need just before you realize you will need it.

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@buckleyplanet We've seen the hype. We've watched the sci-fi for decades around this stuff. Where is the ACTUAL reality going to land for the average (poorly resourced) org?

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#Collabtalk #A3 If the org has the resources (money for the inevitable premium licenses and staff and leadership to craft and enforce responsible policies, etc), then the sky is the limit. Amazing, powerful tech. May be out of reach for many, though...

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"Great! Everything is digital now!" "OH NO!!! Everything is digital and is hard to manually manage now!"

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#Collabtalk #A2 - Simple tools like MS Forms have saved a ton of time and effort for our college faculty and staff. The next step to true transformation is training them to think about data lifecyle, using PowerPlatform, etc.