Microsoft has released a preview of its graphical tooling for WSL 2, and it’s surprisingly good.
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Microsoft Word’s improved comments feature makes teamwork even easier

Microsoft Word gets a modern comments experience fit for the cloud collaboration era.
“From top-down waterfall and chaotic agile, to a middle way”: Microsoft’s Jeff Teper on 20 years of developing SharePoint

The once-stodgy enterprise server platform used to have to stretch to do everything, but is now a high-performance system building on the best of Azure for an ‘insanely ambitious’ future of collaboration and content management.
Top 5 things to know about the hybrid workplace

Microsoft’s Work Trend Index report looked at the lessons learned from working remotely in 2020. Tom Merritt lists five things you should know about the hybrid workplace.
How to Make the Most of a Tiny, Cramped Laptop Screen

Small screens don’t mean small accomplishments. Here’s how to get big things done.
The Return to ‘Normal’ Is Going to Be So Awkward

This week we discuss how our bodies and minds will deal with the anxiety of reentering society after a year in lockdown.
Slack Now Lets You DM Anyone. So Long, Work-Life Balance

Now people you don’t work with can send you direct messages in Slack. It’s not necessarily an “email killer,” but it’s also not great for chats.
Achieve Productivity and Organizational Perfection Using These Four Simple Categories

Staying focused is a premium in the 21st century, and nothing makes you feel more lost in the sauce than not knowing which way your lens is pointed. This method will help you stay focused and help create a system to save all the information you come across in a searchable database for future reference.
Why Hustling Is the Most Dangerous Trend in Photography

A modern trend that is taking over every freelancer is hustling. The mantra is repeated by some of the most popular productivity “gurus.” The more hours you put in, the more outcome you will get. However, following this hours = improvement idea is dangerous for your health, creativity, and ultimately, photography.