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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · 4d

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · 4d

Coming to @espccommunity.bsky.social in Dublin on December? The ESPC Christmas Ugly Sweater contest is back!!!

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Me wearing a truly awful Christmas shirt

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · 18d

I find the naming of this so confusing when it is currently just for personal and family. Hope that changes quickly

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Sep 13

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

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Luise Freese 👑 @luisefreese.bsky.social · Sep 7

✨💻✍Did you know that you can contribute to the #Microsoft365 platform community blog? We want your posts about how you extend Microsoft 365 - regardless if you are doing this code-first or low-code!

👉 Here is how to get started:

How to contribute to this blog

Everyone’s voice matters! We want to publish your content on all things you build with code, low-code, no-code on and around Microsoft 365.

pnp.github.io

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Sep 7

Kevin wrote the book on this stuff (literally; it’s titled “Innate”). He neither oversimplifies things or overcomplexifies them. Speaking as a brain researcher with decades of experience who has also read and thought about these issues a lot, this thread capture’s what’s what.

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Sep 7

We're going to see a lot of bullshit in the coming days and weeks about "causes of autism", and most will be based on flawed, over-interpreted observational studies (1/n)

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 29

Working for me on WiFi in Belgium where I’m visiting and with my UK SIM here too

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · Aug 12

I vibe coded a free online version of my card game Bedlam, which is like Cards Against Humanity but for techies.

Try it out yourself at www.bedlamgame.com, play with others at work or add AI players to test it out single player -or use screenshot mode to generate pictures of funny card combos.

Bedlam the card game

A tech-focused card game similar to Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity

www.bedlamgame.com

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 12

Missing image?

Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 12

Downgrading a package version?

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Aug 9

The issue with GPT-5 in a nutshell is that unless you pay for model switching & know to use GPT-5 Thinking or Pro, when you ask “GPT-5” you sometimes get the best available AI & sometimes get one of the worst AIs available and you can’t tell and it might even switch within a single conversation.

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 8

Can’t remember exactly when it was but you can enjoy the whole episode here! youtu.be/VZPonwV8vHY?...

011 | Microsoft 365 Copilot: How it Works & Extensibility Overview

YouTube video by Code. Deploy. Go Live.

youtu.be

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ESPC @espccommunity.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌟 Speaker Spotlight 🌟 @kevmcdonk.com blends 13 years in financial services with deep expertise in Microsoft 365, helping organizations navigate their modern workplace transformation. Don’t miss him at #ESPC25! #MVP #ModernWorkplace

Full agenda 👉 ow.ly/kcs150VRH2z

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Fabian Williams @fabswill.bsky.social · Aug 6

Just ran @OpenAI #GPT0SS120B locally on my #MacBookPro M3 Max (128GB, 40‑core GPU) 🚀
Asked a tricky logic puzzle… it answered before I finished explaining.
Watch the drive‑by demo 👉 go.macona.org/openaigptoss... #AI #M3Max #LocalAI #OpenAI #SmallLanguageModels #SLM #LocalAgents

YouTube

Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

go.macona.org

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 5

Hate the fact that this could be about so many different things

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 5

This did flash through my head

a man with a red face is standing in a space ship and saying it 's a trap .

ALT: a man with a red face is standing in a space ship and saying it 's a trap .

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Sarah Young @sarahyo.com · Aug 5

"Have you ever pushed a hard-coded key to a repo?"

www.youtube.com/shorts/WffwL...

Have you ever pushed a hard-coded key to a repo?

YouTube video by Microsoft Developer

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 4

Awful idea…

…however, now I want to know which video talked about Play It Again Sam!

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Cloud Tech Tallinn @cloudtechtallinn.com · Aug 1

📢 The #CFS for Cloud Tech Tallinn 2026 is open! We're seeking sessions to enrich our agenda for the 4th year.

Share with your network! We look forward to your contributions. Sign up here 😉: ctttallinn.cloud/cfs

#VisitTallinn #CTTT26 #TechCommunity #PublicSpeaking

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Aug 1

To all the new #mvpbuzz award receivers today, huge huge congrats and enjoy that magical buzz!

To any still waiting to hear, keep sharing, keep caring and your time will come

a cat is sitting on a turntable with the word woo written on it

ALT: a cat is sitting on a turntable with the word woo written on it

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Jul 31

Funniest moment of recent @codedeploygo.live? @julieturner.net pointing out to @andrewconnell.com that the orchestrator in Copilot is definitely a she! That made me properly laugh out loud

a couple of men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing gloves and the other is wearing a bandana

ALT: a couple of men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing gloves and the other is wearing a bandana

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Merill Fernando 💚 @merill.net · Jul 29

Another weekend project launched. This time for the MCP community!

VS Code - MCP Install Button Generator

Check it out at VSCodeMCP.com

The backstory: I wanted an easy way for users to one-click install my Lokka.dev MCP Server to VSCode

Screenshot of VS Code one click instsall button

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Jul 24

Oooo, need to get there in time - had just been hunting when you were on

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Jul 22

We now have audited data on water consumption for AI.

Over the 18 month lifespan of Mistral Large 2, a 128B model, all water usage (including chats, training; hardware & data centers) took as much water as 678 US households use yearly.

Each additional query is 45 mL. (Fixed a conversion error)

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Kevin McDonnell - Microsoft MVP, Copilot Connection @kevmcdonk.com · Jul 11

Hope for better times. Such a neglected area so really happy to read this. Hope UK does more again

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