Christopher SmithMy Top Fourteen Innovation/Tech/Business/Weird Reads of 2020The year was traumatic. Reading provided welcome escape, especially history and biography. It was great to get into the head of an author…3 min read·Jan 10, 2021----
Christopher SmithThe Crucial Lesson About System Design I Learned On a Sail BoatI help people use technology to work efficiently. I analyze the way people work, find broken processes and/or systems, and help find a…5 min read·Sep 20, 2020----
Christopher SmithHow to get your outlook appointments to show up in Microsoft To-Do with Power AutomateMicrosoft Office has a cool tool called Power Automate that let’s you create incredibly powerful automations for almost anything you can…6 min read·Aug 23, 2020--3--3
Christopher SmithThe most important technology thing you need to do when you start your businessNow is an incredible time to start a new business. There are some fantastic tools online, powerful, cheap, and easy to use. It’s never…2 min read·Aug 11, 2020----
Christopher SmithBig Brother Wants to Help!Microsoft’s Workplace Analytics is a platform for reporting on how your organization is collaborating internally and externally. The…3 min read·Jun 25, 2020----
Christopher SmithWhy you should hire a rock climberThe community of people who climb share two things. A desire to take on a challenge and a deep understanding of risk.7 min read·Jun 19, 2020----
Christopher SmithWill Zoom Kill the Office?“Film is art, TV is furniture, theater is life.”4 min read·Jun 4, 2020----
Christopher SmithDon’t build an intranet — build an information neighborhoodI’ve lived in New York City for more than 30 years. What most visitors do not understand is how much our city is a collection of small…2 min read·Jun 2, 2020----
Christopher SmithLead Your Enterprise Software Projects like a Movie ProducerToo many enterprise software projects fail. A surprising number of movies bomb as well, but there are important things that a movie…5 min read·May 29, 2020--1--1
Christopher SmithHow to use Python and Pandas to Analyze SharePoint logsSharePoint built-in analytics are good for a few things, but there are plenty of times you need to look at the raw data to understand how…3 min read·May 15, 2020----