Category: blog

Written – August 2022 It’s been said on television and in the media for a while now, that as people are getting older they’re abandoning social media, and that platforms such as TikTok are attracting a much younger audience because this is the audience that…

Written – August 2022 When I chose the name windows.do for this website, I wanted to .do something very different with the identity of the site.  Knowing that the word do sat right in the middle of the word windows, I thought it would be great…

What PC and phone do you use?  Do you have a Windows PC, an Android smartphone and Google Chromebook, or an iPhone and a MacBook?  When was the last time you changed from one to another and if not, why haven’t you?  This is one…

Written – July 2022 Where do you get your news?  If you get it from television or a newspaper it’s very likely going to be just a single source.  Some people like to watch the BBC, or Sky.  Other people watch CNN or their local…

Written – July 2022 There is a lot of talk these days about equality, diversity and inclusion.  It’s almost as if a light has come on and the people of the world have suddenly decided this is a subject worth paying attention to.  Alternatively it…

Written – July 2022 As of the time of writing this I have written more than twenty books and am still writing more, so I’m often asked how I got my start as an author.  Well funnily enough, as these things often do, it all…

Written – July 2022 I have had a couple of problems over the last year and a half.  During the autumn of 2020 I purchased a cottage in the middle of the French countryside, literally in the middle of nowhere… my nearest neighbour is a…

Written – June 2022 I’ve been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) awardee now since 2010, which is a long time.  In more than a decade I’ve had the opportunity to get many hundreds of online briefings from different product groups at Microsoft’s global headquarters…