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Reviewing Google's new Bard AI tool in comparison to ChatGPT

Posted by Andy Brown on 06 June 2023

Google have launched a new AI tool called Bard, which is similar to the much-publicised ChatGPT tool from the OpenAI foundation. I thought I'd put both tools to the test!

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) > ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence (AI) > Gemini (Bard)

New features in the April 2023 Power BI update

Posted by Andy Brown on 27 April 2023

Modern visual tooltips are still officially in preview, but since they're turned on by default we've included them in this update. The update also includes composite models, some new DAX functions and a small change to PowerPoint story styling, but it's the big beasts lined up in preview which are (as always) the real story.

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Power BI > Updates

Our April 2023 Taylor Swift word search competition

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2023

Find the Taylor Swift songs hidden in our grid to enter this month's competition (and perhaps win our £50 prize!).

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Miscellaneous > Competitions

Answers to/winner of our Easter film pictures competition

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2023

We had 27 entries for our Easter 2023 picture rebus competition - we hope you had as much fun solving it as we did creating the puzzles!

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Miscellaneous > Competitions

Introducing (finally!) our new web-based HTML editor using TipTap

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2023

After a few false starts we have finally created our web-based HTML editor using TipTap. It's been one of the hardest IT projects we've embarked upon, so we thought we'd share our learning experiences in the hope that they will save others our pain.

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Hardware/software > General IT

Write your queries more quickly with SQL Prompt from Redgate

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2023

The SQL Prompt utility from Redgate has an annual subscription cost, but on the plus side it will complete tedious joins for you (among many other things).

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SQL > Joins

Implementing UPDATE queries using CTEs

Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2023

The syntax of update queries in SQL is fiddly and hard to remember - much better to create a CTE and do updates through this!

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SQL > CTEs, subqueries

Reviewing 3 AI tools to generate original artwork in response to simple requests

Posted by Andy Brown on 25 April 2023

In addition to writing recipes, poems and software for you, AI tools can also create images too. Want to see an anteater in a red hat? We did!

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Hardware/software > General IT Artificial Intelligence (AI) > Images

A new feature lets you show the value of part of a formula in Excel in a tooltip

Posted by Andy Brown on 25 April 2023

When you select part of a formula in Excel, a values preview tooltip now appears showing you what the results would be for this if you calculated it (removing the need for you to press the F9 key).

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Excel > Formulae

Using the Edge sidebar to drop images - and much more

Posted by Andy Brown on 25 April 2023

You can customise the Edge sidebar to let you launch programs like WhatsApp or RightMove easily on your laptop, and also use it to drag and drop files or text between your computer and your phone.

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Hardware/software > Windows

Use your IPhone on Windows with the Phone Link app

Posted by Andy Brown on 25 April 2023

iPhone users will soon be able to make calls and answer messages on their laptops, with the release of Phone Link for iPhones.

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Hardware/software > Windows

Our Easter name-the-films competition

Posted by Andy Brown on 30 March 2023

See if you can identify the 15 films depicted - your chances of winning our prize will be proportional to the number you can name!

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Miscellaneous > Competitions

Changes introduced in the March 2023 Power BI Update

Posted by Andy Brown on 30 March 2023

This month's update is impressive - including visual subtitles, a button action to clear and apply slicers and a new PowerPoint story-telling feature - but it's the on-object interaction in preview which will truly change your life.

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Power BI > Updates

On-object interaction will change completely how you use Power BI

Posted by Andy Brown on 29 March 2023

It's not often that a single Power BI update has such a big impact, but on-object interaction (waiting in preview) is a huge change

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Sigh … you'll soon be able to create an avatar to attend a Teams meeting for you

Posted by Andy Brown on 29 March 2023

Don't want people to see your face on screen, but still want to prove you're at a Teams meeting? You will soon (sadly) be able to get an avatar to represent you, even to the extent of reproducing your movements.

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Hardware/software > Microsoft 365

Announcing Microsoft Loop

Posted by Andy Brown on 29 March 2023

Microsoft Loop allows you to create "workspaces" for project and share "components" across all online Microsoft applications. Might it be also intended as a replacemet for the ageing SharePoint?

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Hardware/software > Microsoft 365

3 ways Microsoft are using ChatGPT: Copilot, Bing Preview and Virtual Agents

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 March 2023

Microsoft have made a slew of announcements about how they will be using ChatGPT to incorporate artificial intelligence into their software, including Copilot within Microsoft 365, AI search within Bing and intelligent Power Platform virtual agents (chatbots).

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Hardware/software > Microsoft 365

ChatGPT: the scariest software ever?

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 March 2023

Artificial Intelligence has always disappointed me - the future of humanity has always seemed secure against the machines - until now …

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Miscellaneous > The future

Removal of most skills assessment tests from Wise Owl site

Posted by Andy Brown on 07 March 2023

We have removed all but a few core tests from our skills assessment site - this blog explains the implications if you're a user of the site.

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Miscellaneous > Skills tests

XKCD cartoons are so clever that the Explain XKCD site exists to … explain them!

Posted by Andy Brown on 28 February 2023

You may have come across XKCD line-drawing cartoons in your website travels, but did you know that there's also a site dedicated to explaining the science behind them?

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