Joël de Bruijn

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Joined 1 year ago
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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • My understanding is roughly, for example:

    • Microsoft Word desktop application: not SAAS.
    • Microsoft Word online: SAAS (just like any other service accessible by browser but not a “localhost”)
    • Onedrive: SAAS, storage with local explorer integration.
    • Exchange server on prem: not SAAS, increasingly diffucult to do.
    • Exchange server by MS: SAAS
    • Microsoft Outlook Classic for desktop: not SAAS.
    • Microsoft Teams for desktop: SAAS although local install but its just another frontend instead of browser.
    • Office365: SAAS but really a container for every tool in the MS online toolbox together.

    Some caveats: Word handles spellchecker in their cloud and clippy 2024 (Copilot) integration blurs the line.





  • Also I’m very much cautious about them on anything browsing related. Discovered (after others also) they let their search-pages-in-a-shop get indexed.

    Meaning I could go to Caterpillar, search for “Wabtec is better” and then this search url (with 0 products) would turn up in Google searches and that URL persisted. Text and all.

    Basically one could spray-paint and tag sites with this graffiti. Shop admins didn’t even have means to remove it.

    Problem ignored and stayed this way for months.


  • I looked briefly through their site:

    • Heavy on partnerships and ambition. Which is a good thing.
    • Light on technical details and implementation.
    • Hinting at former hype (blockchain) and current (AI)

    But for me the biggest concern is development of a “new” decentralized protocol. IMHO there are enough protocols around to choose and pick from and help moving them forward instead of making one from scratch.





  • Dont know if it’s illegitimate otherwise 😉

    But my user story is like this:

    I want to preserve and archive information I used because it’s a reflection of the things I did, learned and studied throughout life.

    Then my use case are:

    • Orientation about “events”: places to visit on daytrips or holidays (musea, nature, parks, campsites) and looking for practical information and background as well.
    • Gather a “dossier”: info to help make a decision (buying expensive things, how to do home improvement etc)
    • Building a personal knowledge database: interesting articles and blogs.

    My current workflow:

    • Browse
    • Bookmark extensively
    • Download pdf or other content (maps, routes, images) when provided.
    • Open bookmarks.
    • Fireshot every webpage to pdf and png
    • Save everything with a consequent filename (YYYYMMDD - Source - Title)

    I would like to automate the last 3 steps of my workflow.