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!).
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!
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.
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).
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!
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!
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).
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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?
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).
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 …
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.
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?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 February 2023
Not sure when you should be using a semi-colon or apostrophe? Consult this entertaining cartoon style guide from The Oatmeal!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 February 2023
There are quite a few changes in this month's update, but none of them will change your life that much!