Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 April 2022
A 146-page document online summarising forthcoming changes to the Micrsooft Power Platform
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 29 March 2022
Need an idea for a present for the nerd in your life (which may or may not be yourself)? Here are 3 our favourite geek humour T-shirts (and one bonus Wise Owl one!).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 March 2022
Emma Howard recently attended a Python course with us, and has sent through a photo of her cat enjoying the courseware manual.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 March 2022
After shortages of semi-conductors caused by COVID and other global supply problems, are Excel worksheets the latest resource to feel the pinch?
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 24 February 2022
Last month we introduced you to Wordle written in Python, Power BI and Excel; here are a clutch of other alternatives to this popular word game.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
Our archived websites only go back to 1998, sadly, but this still offers a fascinating (well, for us anyway) peek back into the past.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
A look at how the nature of our clients has changed over the twenty or so years for which we've been recording data.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
Wise Owl have come a long way since we started in a basement in Chorlton-cum-Hardy 30 years ago. We thought we'd retrace our steps …
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
Much has changed in the 30 years Wise Owl has now been in business - and nowhere more so than in the software that we teach. Take a trip with us down memory lane to remember past applications!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 10 February 2022
This blog lists our 5 worst moments from the first 30 years of Wise Owl, and the 5 bits of advice these would prompt me to give to anyone thinking of starting their own business.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 15 November 2023
2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Wise Owl Training. Much has happened since we started work in a basement in South Manchester!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 January 2022
The Wordle bandwagon is rolling fast downhill, but we managed to board it. This blog shows one Wise Owl's current stats, and links to our Power BI, Python and Excel VBA versions of this web-based word game.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 20 January 2022
You can use these hidden gems to reassign or disable keys on your keyboard, detect pixel colours in a website, display a Windows short-cut key guide … and much more!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 24 November 2021
To celebrate the 10th birthday of our video channel we've created this infographic, showing for example that the number of hours spent watching our videos would have covered 2,949,152 views of the first episode of Squid Game.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2021
To commemorate the rather dubious International Keyboard Short-Cut Day 2021 (the first Wednesday in November of each year, apparently), we offer the 10 Windows key short-cuts which will save you the most time.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 29 September 2021
Some of the sites on this page will make you laugh, and some make you shake your head, but they should all entertain you for a moment or two!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 31 August 2021
The IKEA blue Frakta shopping bag is iconic, and everywhere. Here are 5 suggestions (not always totally serious) for how you can recycle your IKEA bags!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 31 August 2021
The Stuxnet worm was one of the most sophisticated bits of software ever written. Find out exactly how the US and Israel used it to target Iranian uranium centrifuges, and see the implications this has for us all.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 27 July 2021
You may know about What 3 Words, which allows you to pinpoint your location in the world using just 3 words. Now there's Four King Words, which does the same for the UK and Ireland using just 4 swear words.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 27 July 2021
Do you know why World Emoji Day is held on July 17th each year? Or how to see the world's emojis being tweeted in real time? Or that Microsft are trying to resurrect Clippy the paper-clip as an emoji? These are just 3 of the 9 fascinating facts explained in this blog!