Author Archives: Brad Saide

I just had an interesting experience trying to troubleshoot some problems with a PowerShell script that would work just fine when copied and pasted from Notepad++ into the PowerShell window, but would error out when run from the .PS1 file. … Continue reading →

Whelp! Started a new role today as an O365 Platform Specialist – It’s not entirely in my comfort zone, as I have no experience with Powershell (I’ve been a bit of an Ostrich until now, head deep in the sand) … Continue reading →

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s being nagged. Particularly when the thing that’s nagging me is a machine, and it can do it infinitely… and especially when it’s nagging me about something I already do! “Have you tried Chrome? … Continue reading →

I just went hunting for a tool to quickly unfollow the 1200-odd accounts on Twitter that I never followed in the first place (most weren’t even in English). Turns out, it’s pretty easy… Open the “Following” page on Twitter (https://twitter.com/following) … Continue reading →

So I recently upgraded my phone from a Nokia Lumia 1020 (a phone I was very happy with) to the new Microsoft Lumia 950XL. All I can say is WOW… the phone is fantastic! So I thought I’d write up … Continue reading →

I was just looking for a bit of information related to a proposal where the client asked for basic responsive design… and true to form, the internet delivered, giving me what I was looking for along with a ton of … Continue reading →

Ever been frustrated with how OneDrive tells you “there’s a problem”, but doesn’t tell you what the problem is (and as such, gives you limited opportunities to fix it)? End user tip: The file and folder icons of OneDrive have … Continue reading →

Over the past 2 months or so I’ve been dealing with a problematic video display driver issue which resulted in my display driver restarting (and the screen going black for 10 seconds or so while it reinitialised). At Empired Sydney, … Continue reading →

Microsoft have released the Developer Preview for the latest version of SharePoint: SharePoint 2016! Being a developer preview, the interface (and potentially UI functionality) is not final, but the API is close to it (and it’s due out first quarter … Continue reading →

On the weekend I was lucky enough to give a presentation on all of the information out on SharePoint 2016 at the Office 365 Sydney Conference (#O365Syd), so I thought I would cover off a few of my favourite features … Continue reading →