Chris Hoffman
@chrisbhoffman
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✉️ I write The Windows Readme: https://t.co/HsPBtchR31 ➡️ Also: @PCWorld, @Computerworld, @PCMag, & more 👀 Past: Editor-in-Chief of @HowToGeek
Greater Boston
Joined June 2012
Hey everyone! I just launched my new publication: The Windows Readme: I want to recapture the energy of the early tech blogs -- no ads, no clickbait, no SEO, and no AI-written slop. Instead, it's just me as a human, building something I want to share. 💾.
windowsread.me
Windows PC tips, tricks, and experiments from Chris Hoffman. (Formerly Windows Intelligence.). Click to read The Windows ReadMe, by Chris Hoffman, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of...
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This is my favorite thing I've ever published. I hope you click and enjoy it:
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Windows 10 PCs will soon be the community's responsibility, not Microsoft’s.
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My latest newsletter is about going live with @thurrott on Windows Weekly from a basement on a road trip. But also, it’s about what you need to look and sound professional on any Windows PC — hardware, software, setup tweaks, and more.
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My new publication is what happens when I'm completely untethered from SEO, clickbait, viral content, and any notions of what tech journalism "should be." Check it out.
The Windows Weekly guide to mic and webcam setup by Chris Hoffman. Terrific!.
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I co-hosted Windows Weekly on @TWiT with the awesome @thurrott and @leolaporte once again - check it out! We talked about my new publication (The Windows ReadMe), AI PCs, and so many other things.
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RT @TWiT: 🎂 Windows 10 turns 10!.No big launch event, just a fix for the Win8 mess and a solid upgrade for Win7 users. Also: Satya Nadella’….
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My new AutoHotkey script transforms the way scrolling works on Windows. Seriously: This is how it should work out of the box! I'll be using it for years to come. I'm shocked how well it works. And yes, this was "vibe coded" — in under than an hour.
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This script changed how I use Windows. (And yes, I "vibe-coded" it.)
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"Joy and meaning belong on the scales, and not only are you not required to sacrifice them on the alter of fixing the world, but sacrificing them isn't even a very good way to fix the world.".
The slowly-unfolding premise of the Good Place is that everyone is damned. They are damned because they participate in the modern world; they buy from sweatshops, they eat chocolate, they fly in airplanes while the poorest people in the world see their harvests fail thanks to.
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RT @KelseyTuoc: I dislike having to plead with the public to make the case for the worthiness of the things I want to spend my money on; it….
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And yet Microsoft won't let desktop gaming PCs with powerful GPUs use Copilot+ PC features!.
Marc Andreessen says someone ran a small Llama model on a Windows 98 Dell PC, suggesting we could have been "talking to our computers in English" for nearly 30 years. Timing is everything.
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🔮 This is the secret to using AI:
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You’re probably thinking about genAI in all the wrong ways. It isn't your fault.
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It's good to see someone finally telling the story of Valnet's origins. Out of respect for everyone involved, that's all I'll say for now.
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The owner of entertainment websites Screen Rant, Collider, CBR and MovieWeb faces a lawsuit over exploitative work conditions.
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This is a supercharged, professionally polished version of the type of piece I would have published at How-To Geek more than a decade ago. I hope you read it!
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Believe it or not, a scattered collection of apps, files, and bookmarks is a great strategy for getting down to business.
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PS: This isn't to dismiss larger publications — I write for many of them, and I love it! But there's something magical about a direct personal dispatch delivered direct to your email from someone you know, too.
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And it's just one small piece of what I shared in my Windows Intelligence newsletter this week. If that sounds good to you, please subscribe — it's free! (➡️ ).
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This is the kind of piece that I couldn't write at many publications — at least not in this way! Check it out: It's raw and personal — just what I'd personally recommend. No SEO focus, no hedging, no back and forth — just my informed opinion.
theintelligence.com
Discover the best ad-block options for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Brave.
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RT @pcworld: How Microsoft plans to kill the Steam Deck by @chrisbhoffman.
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If you're Microsoft, the growing popularity of Valve's Steam Deck is cause for concern. But the company isn't resting on its laurels. Here's what they plan to do.
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RT @PCMag: 0patch promises to keep delivering security updates to Windows 10 even after Microsoft stops next year. Should you use it? We he….
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0patch promises to keep delivering security updates to Windows 10 even after Microsoft stops next year. Should you use it? We help you decide.
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