Posted by
Andy Brown
on 16 November 2023
Although our new website is functionally still pretty much the same, it looks completely different. This blog explains why we made the change and the issues we faced.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
A nostalgic look back at how our areas of work have changed over the last 30+ years (in 1992 no one was writing blogs or creating videos ... !)
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 01 November 2023
On a recent course I was asked what happens when a Power Automate flow times out. After a bit of research, the obvious answer is to avoid this happening by changing the flow's time-out setting and then handling this in another action.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 October 2023
Not happy with how you look? Why not create an idealised avatar of yourself in Teams, which can then replace the real you?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 October 2023
As part of her pre-course checks to assess the suitability of delegates for online training, Jenny gets people to spend no more than 60 seconds drawing in Paint using a computer via Remote Desktop. The results are sometimes astonishingly good - so good that we've decided to reward the best drawing with a prize.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
We received 26 correct entries for this logic puzzle - have a look at the answers to the puzzle (and the winner of this month's prize).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
When you try to browse to a webpage that doesn't exist, you will see the dreaded 404 page: but don't have to be dull, as these 5 examples prove.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
Did you know that the Chrome T-Rex dinosaur is the basis of a game? Or that you could surf in Edge? Or drive on any browser? Wise Owl Training: wasting one of your lunchtimes at a time ...
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
The way in which you interact with Power BI when creating and opening reports is about to change, as this blog explains.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
It's in preview at the moment, but it's worth knowing that a new model explorer is coming to Power BI proper soon. This is a good thing, but the calculation groups which will also now be available are not for the faint-hearted!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
This month sees a new feature allowing you to save reports to/open reports from OneDrive and SharePoint, but (again!) it's the new features waiting in preview which will be of most interest to most report-builders.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 October 2023
The problem with AI tools like Chat GPT is often having the imagination to think how to use them. To give you some ideas here are 5 ways in which you can use image-based AI questions in Chat GPT for general questions, cookery queries, travel updates, website design help and medical enquiries.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 12 October 2023
After 25+ years of using and training in Excel, I have nothing new to learn. Or that's what I thought, until on a recent course a delegate asked me why I was merging cells to make titles ...
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 October 2023
You have to tweak Power BI a bit, but you can now generate quick measures using Microsoft's AI Copilot tool (which will be coming to all 365 applications over the coming months). In this blog we see if it works, and if your job is in danger ...
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 29 September 2023
A look at some of the features coming soon to Power Query (as always with Power Query, you should pay attention to the online version, which seems to get all changes first), such as a conditional split transform and easier selection of SharePoint sites.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 29 September 2023
5 friends went trick-or-treating (nothing like a topical puzzle!) in costume to 5 different houses, and were given 5 different treats - but can you work out who got which treat, where and wearing which costume? The first entry picked by our Randomised and Independent Sorting Hat Information System (RISHI S) will win a £50 Amazon voucher.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
You can now use Microsoft's keyboard app to generate AI images on your phone - it's great fun! Sadly you can only do this on Android for now (although you can use lots of other good AI features of the app on IPhones).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
Since Andrew Gould started our video channel (way back in November 2011) we've had over 27 million views and clocked up over 3.2 million viewing hours, but it's the latest subscriber milestone that we're most proud of.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 September 2023
If you have a large, modern cinema-style TV in your living-room, the chances are that it's probably 65 inch. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a 135 inch one?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 25 September 2023
The biggest change in this month's update is that you can now edit mobile reports interactively, but it's the new DAX brackets colours we're most excited about!
