Collaborate Disseminate
This past weekend, I spent over 25 hours completing the first preview version of a new book my wife and I are writing together, a marathon session that’s difficult to explain, let alone believe. And I experienced it.
Here’s how it went down. On Saturda… Continue reading From the Editor’s Desk: 25 Hours (Premium)
Happy Friday the 13th! It’s time to kick off the weekend a bit early with another stellar round of reader questions. I’ll do my best.
ALTernate lifestyles
wright_is asks:
On Windows Weekly, you said that Copilot is co-opting the “window menu” shortcut … Continue reading Ask Paul: December 13 (Premium)
I was never an honor student, and like many with ADHD, I simply sailed through life, giving little thought or effort to those topics that didn’t interest me. But as an avid reader from a young age, I took part in an accelerated English program in the s… Continue reading My Favorite Books and Audiobooks of 2024 (Premium)
Microsoft’s strategy for moving customers to new versions of its client software products involves two distinctly different–one might say, incompatible–tactics. The first is the traditional customer-focused meeting of needs that dates back to the com… Continue reading 2024 Winds Down with a Fresh Look at the Microsoft Client Stack (Premium)
The x86 instruction set that once defined personal computing is now a boat anchor holding back the PC industry and contributing to Intel’s death. Intel is screwed, but we’ll be OK. Microsoft and Qualcomm delivered a one-two punch on behalf of Arm in 20… Continue reading Intel is Dead and x86 is Next (Premium)
2024 was another year of great change, driven in part by the sudden viability and desirability of Windows 11 on Arm. But it’s not just that: After an incredibly disruptive 2023, I surprised myself by making a similar number of changes to the apps, serv… Continue reading My New Apps, Services, and Games of 2024 (Premium)
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For months, we’ve endured the tortured warnings of the Recall Chicken Littles, but now that this feature is finally available, we can finally see for ourselves that there are, in fact, very real problems. No, not with secur… Continue reading The Real Problem with Recall (Premium)
Happy Friday! The first Ask Paul of December kicks off an end of year wrap-up in addition to its normal end-of-week duties.
Video game soundtracks
j5 asks:
Morning Paul! Total geek question here. What are some of your favorite video game soundtracks, m… Continue reading Ask Paul: December 6 (Premium)
I didn’t attend Microsoft Ignite this year, electing instead to spend an extra week in Mexico. But whether I attend in person or not, I always download videos for various keynotes and sessions so I can watch them later. I do this with Build, as well, a… Continue reading Open? (Premium)
When Microsoft announced Windows 11 in 2021, it angered customers by raising the hardware requirements for the first time in several years. The change was seen as artificial, an overt attempt to goose PC sales. And when it shipped the first incomplete … Continue reading Non-Negotiable (Premium)