Omar Shahine
@shahine.com
Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Word + Editor. I write an opinionated product newsletter on http://OmarKnows.com
Agent Mode in Microsoft Excel - Incredible power through natural language
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Agent Mode in Microsoft Excel
Incredible power through natural language
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November 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Agent Mode in Microsoft Excel - Incredible power through natural language
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Claude on iOS can be your assistant
Claude can work with Reminders, Calendars, Maps, Messages and more
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Claude can work with Reminders, Calendars, Maps, Messages and more
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Claude on iOS can be your assistant
Claude can work with Reminders, Calendars, Maps, Messages and more
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October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Claude on iOS can be your assistant
Claude can work with Reminders, Calendars, Maps, Messages and more
open.substack.com/pub/omarkno...
Claude can work with Reminders, Calendars, Maps, Messages and more
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Soundcore Sleep A30: Sleep Earbuds with Noise Cancellation
The Sleep Earbuds That Actually Block Noise
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The Sleep Earbuds That Actually Block Noise
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Soundcore Sleep A30: Sleep Earbuds with Noise Cancellation
The Sleep Earbuds That Actually Block Noise
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October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Soundcore Sleep A30: Sleep Earbuds with Noise Cancellation
The Sleep Earbuds That Actually Block Noise
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The Sleep Earbuds That Actually Block Noise
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New update for Office. We now support Liquid Glass. I love the new home experience in Microsoft Word.
October 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
New update for Office. We now support Liquid Glass. I love the new home experience in Microsoft Word.
Starlink WiFi on the plane is amazing. Just flew 14h on Qatar and had gate to gate service with zero hiccups and no buggy login or hacky captive web sites fighting with you.
October 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Starlink WiFi on the plane is amazing. Just flew 14h on Qatar and had gate to gate service with zero hiccups and no buggy login or hacky captive web sites fighting with you.
Currently at 40,000 feet and the AirPods Pro 3 have better noice cancellation than the AirPods Pro Max. Not even close. No wonder Apple hasn't refreshed Max. They have to catch up.
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Currently at 40,000 feet and the AirPods Pro 3 have better noice cancellation than the AirPods Pro Max. Not even close. No wonder Apple hasn't refreshed Max. They have to catch up.
Remarkable Paper Pro Move - A return to analog thinking in our post-pandemic world
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Remarkable Paper Pro Move
A return to analog thinking in our post-pandemic world
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September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remarkable Paper Pro Move - A return to analog thinking in our post-pandemic world
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Wild. My Debit Card in my Apple Wallet worked at an ATM machine in Serbia. No card needed. This works ZERO ATM machines in the USA except my banks.
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wild. My Debit Card in my Apple Wallet worked at an ATM machine in Serbia. No card needed. This works ZERO ATM machines in the USA except my banks.
Superwhisper - use your voice to type
Superwhisper - use your voice to type
Turbocharge your writing
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August 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Superwhisper - use your voice to type
My Complete Guide to Adulting: Essential Updates for New Adults
Stuff I learned that I hope you find useful as you help your teen navigate to adulthood
Stuff I learned that I hope you find useful as you help your teen navigate to adulthood
My Complete Guide to Adulting: Essential Updates for New Adults
Stuff I learned that I hope you find useful as you help your teen navigate to adulthood
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July 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My Complete Guide to Adulting: Essential Updates for New Adults
Stuff I learned that I hope you find useful as you help your teen navigate to adulthood
Stuff I learned that I hope you find useful as you help your teen navigate to adulthood
Travel EDC - Everything necessary for charging on the go, anywhere in the world.
Travel EDC
Everything necessary for charging on the go, anywhere in the world.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Travel EDC - Everything necessary for charging on the go, anywhere in the world.
Always a fun activity when traveling - capturing some Invader Street Art
June 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Always a fun activity when traveling - capturing some Invader Street Art
EVA Foam Birkenstocks
The Travel Footwear Game-Changer
The Travel Footwear Game-Changer
EVA Foam Birkenstocks
The Travel Footwear Game-Changer
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June 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
EVA Foam Birkenstocks
The Travel Footwear Game-Changer
The Travel Footwear Game-Changer
Making ChatGPT more useful
A small tip to increase your productivity!
A small tip to increase your productivity!
Making ChatGPT more useful
A small tip to increase your productivity!
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June 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Making ChatGPT more useful
A small tip to increase your productivity!
A small tip to increase your productivity!
I wonder if I could create an iOS 26 app that uses Apple's on-device LLM models to screen incoming text messages and then filter them for political or other spam. Should be doable, no?
June 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I wonder if I could create an iOS 26 app that uses Apple's on-device LLM models to screen incoming text messages and then filter them for political or other spam. Should be doable, no?
Idea: if more than 50% of family members in an iCloud Photo Library thumbs down a photo it gets sent back to the owner's private iCloud Library.
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Idea: if more than 50% of family members in an iCloud Photo Library thumbs down a photo it gets sent back to the owner's private iCloud Library.
Chatting with my Calendar - How I use Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI's gpt-4.1 to do one complex administrative task
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Chatting with my Calendar
How I use Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI's gpt-4.1 to do one complex administrative task
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June 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Chatting with my Calendar - How I use Apple Shortcuts and OpenAI's gpt-4.1 to do one complex administrative task
https://www.omarknows.ai/p/chatting-with-my-calendar
https://www.omarknows.ai/p/chatting-with-my-calendar
Friends,
I started a Newsletter focused on my AI productivity tips and experiences.
And with that, here is my first post
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I started a Newsletter focused on my AI productivity tips and experiences.
And with that, here is my first post
www.omarknows.ai/p/dia-chat-w...
Dia - Chat with your Tabs
How the Dia Browser Uses AI to Transform Tab Management and Productivity 🚀
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June 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Friends,
I started a Newsletter focused on my AI productivity tips and experiences.
And with that, here is my first post
www.omarknows.ai/p/dia-chat-w...
I started a Newsletter focused on my AI productivity tips and experiences.
And with that, here is my first post
www.omarknows.ai/p/dia-chat-w...
June 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Mum's Candy
🍬 The Sweet Spot: Why Mum's Candy Hit Different
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June 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I've been waiting for the day I could replace Tripit, and now with the new @tripsy.app update supporting Apple App Intents, I have just finished my first proof of concept of parsing hotel and flight info from an email and creating a trip. Yay. tripsy.blog/how-are-we-i...
How you can integrate Tripsy with ChatGPT to automate some of your travel planning
Since we launched our update 3.4, we introduced several new app intents to the app. That, allows Tripsy to be integrated with other apps that also have app intents on iOS and Mac. Turns out that ChatG...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I've been waiting for the day I could replace Tripit, and now with the new @tripsy.app update supporting Apple App Intents, I have just finished my first proof of concept of parsing hotel and flight info from an email and creating a trip. Yay. tripsy.blog/how-are-we-i...
Today is my 1 year anniversary from the day I started Strenth Training. I've never done anything like this in my life and stuck to a routine of 2x a week (now 3x). I needed this and am glad that it's part of my routine and time I protect. Thx to https://caliberstrong.com and my Coach.
April 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today is my 1 year anniversary from the day I started Strenth Training. I've never done anything like this in my life and stuck to a routine of 2x a week (now 3x). I needed this and am glad that it's part of my routine and time I protect. Thx to https://caliberstrong.com and my Coach.