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A post-script to the great beard-off: Sam's tattoo
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 June 2022
If you’ve been following the saga of the weight-loss competition between Sam and Shaun, you'll be wondering whether the loser got a tattoo showing the winner's name. Wonder no longer!
Answers / winner for our June 2022 newsletter competiton
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 June 2022
Our June 2022 word search competition was won by Michelle Ashoworth of Rochdale Council - you can see the answers here.
Why we are putting our newsletter competitions on ice for a while
Posted by Andy Brown on 24 June 2022
After an unbroken run of at least 32 monthly prize competitions we've decided to give our puzzle compiler a rest for a while.
Comparing Power Automate Desktop and Power Automate
Posted by Andy Brown on 22 June 2022
It's a tad confusing having two software applications from Microsoft with such similar names, particularly when they do such different things! This blog tries to clear up the confusion.
Our new Power Automate courses
Posted by Andy Brown on 22 June 2022
This blog will be updated in the next few days.
Should you be using QT for Python as a GUI?
Posted by Andy Brown on 21 June 2022
If you need to build a GUI system in Python, PyQt5 is probably the best choice, but don't take our word for it - read this blog and see what you think.
Choosing a new way to generate HTML content
Posted by Andy Brown on 21 June 2022
An explanation of why our current HTML editor needed replacing, how we decided what technology to go for and the solution we ended up adopting.
Our thanks to Karen for her marketing help over the last few years
Posted by Andy Brown on 20 June 2022
Our marketing and social media guru, Karen, has decided to focus on mentoring and training going forward - we wish her well, and thought we'd take the opportunity to review the last few years.
Ideas for future Power BI / Tableau comparisons
Posted by Andy Brown on 20 June 2022
Following last month's high-level comparison between Power BI and Tableau, what aspect of these two popular BI software tools would you like us to focus on next?
Changes and new features for our Power Apps course
Posted by Andy Brown on 20 June 2022
Much has changed in the 2 years since we first launched our Power Apps course - this blog is intended to give previous course delegates a chance to catch up on anything you might have missed!
Changes in the June 2022 Update of Power BI
Posted by Andy Brown on 20 June 2022
This month sees a smattering of new features, including nicer-looking tables, a new data hub and story-telling in PowerPoint.
A high-level comparison between Power BI and Tableau
Posted by Andy Brown on 07 June 2022
Power BI and Tableau are the two leading BI tools, but how do they compare? We've teamed up with Steve Adams of Viz DJ to find out!
The great beard-off: results and fun facts
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
See how many reams of paper in weight Sam and Shaun lost, who won their competition and what they now look like without their beards!
Winner of (and answers to) our Easter newsletter quiz
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
See who won last month's rollover 100-pound Amazon voucher, and read a review of some of the harder answers.
Our June 2022 competition - a Harry Potter word search
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
For this month's competition we're asking you to find the 45 human and 10 non-human Harry Potter characters in a word grid (the unused letters will then spell out a quotation from one of the books, with its author).
Three new Wordle-style games asking you to guess films and songs
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
Bored in your lunchtime? See if you can guess films from condensed five-second clips or from up to 6 still photographs, or songs from clips lasting for as little as one second.
Changes for the May 2022 Power BI Desktop update
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
Small improvements this month, but welcome ones - particularly the ability to zoom in and out, and to select data points in (some) charts using a selection rectangle.
When the main guests at a party stand outside in the rain …
Posted by Andy Brown on 30 May 2022
What do you do when you organise a 30th birthday party for a company, but the two founders have COVID? The answer: make them stand outside with a broken umbrella, of course.
Marking our 30th anniversary month
Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2022
We're giving to UNICEF 30 pounds for each booking in May as part of the celebrations for our 30th anniversary
Posted by Andy Brown on 26 April 2022
What happens when you try to defy gravity in Python, and why Excel sometimes creates worksheets with foreign names