Barry Gervin

The Power of the Powerless - Wikipedia

Like many, the phrase "Taking the sign out of the window” has been sitting with me — and what it might mean in my small, everyday choices. Powerful story and ideas
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We spent 40 years making GUIs so humans wouldn't need CLIs, now we're making CLIs so AIs won't need humans

I'm "Alexa remind me in 4 minutes to plunge the French press vs set a 4 minute timer" years old.

a man wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is sitting on a couch with his arms outstretched and says respect . ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is sitting on a couch with his arms outstretched and says respect .

When I see copilot using a 50+ year old tool to get work done.

"Now let me also check if there's a reference to the directory structure in any documentation:

sed -i 's|bin\\runevals\.js|src\\clients\\node-js\\bin\\runevals.js|g' /workspaces/M365-Copilot-Agent-Evals/.github/TESTING_GUIDE.md"

Microsoft is hiding your best M365 Copilot extensibility option: Declarative Agents.

Version control + developer workflows that Copilot Studio can't match.

Dec 9 webinar covers all 4 options.

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When did we move all our chat bots behind a 300 baud modem?

Reminds of the service bulletin Atari sent out in the late 80s to fix DOA Atari computers: Grab device from opposite corners and twist. Works like a charm to reseat chips or discharge static electricity

YouTube video by Average Joes We are Canadian.

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Introduction to custom engine agents - Training Evaluate whether a custom engine agent is the right choice for building an agent in Microsoft 365.

Introduction to custom engine agents: Learn what custom engine agents are, how they work, and when you should consider building them.

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The Bombardier employees in Montreal that manufactured the CRJ900 that flipped over on landing in Toronto today and remained intact deserve an award! 🇨🇦

Meeting requests is my most helpful priority triage folder. First thing in the morning before I look at my calendar to prepare for meetings, I use the folder to deprioritize what I can decline or mark for followup.

I've gone back to rules to move lower and higher priority into folders to help focus my triage time.

Guest Blog: Let your Copilot Declarative Agent think deep with DeepSeek-R1 | Semantic Kernel Today we’d like to feature a guest author on our Semantic Kernel blog, Mahmoud Hassan, a Microsoft Valuable Professional (MVP) focused on AI. We’ll turn it over to him to dive into his work below.   I...

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As generative AI evolves, so do the risks. Microsoft provides comprehensive tools to help developers build secure and reliable AI applications. Learn how we prioritize safety and security in AI development. news.microsoft.com/source/featu...

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