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!
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 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
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 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 27 February 2023
If you turn on this experimental feature in Edge you can show two webpages side by side (you can even choose what proportion of the screen each side occupies).
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 31 January 2023
It's taken a long time, but you can now finally get a downloadable PDF file of your Wise Owl course manual, to go with the paper copy.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 06 December 2022
The Orb X gaming chair comes with a leather chair, support for 3 screens, surround sound and much more besides, and will be the perfect Christmas gift for the geek in your life when it becomes available for purchase.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
What happened to our PyQt5 editor? Well - not much, sadly. We've given up on this approach now and are reverting to a website solution - this blog explains why.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
Words.Net is a utility which allows you to build and edit Microsoft Word documents in C# rather than VBA. Should you adopt it? Read this review to find out!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 December 2022
Last month we sent out a survey - here are the results, showing a) how Microsoft Forms allows you to report on survey data and b) what people think of us!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2022
Notepad is a well-known text editor, but is less well-known for its capacity to host games of Doom - with good reason.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 28 October 2022
Microsoft Forms is a joy to use! This blog will show you how to create and distribute a survey or quiz, and the type of whizzy features that you can build into it.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 02 September 2022
Worried that you're having to type in your second language, English? Help is at hand, with these two specialist Lord of the Rings keyboards.
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 26 July 2022
Microsoft have released a completely new version of Outlook to some beta channels, parts of which will look familiar to you if you already use Outlook.com. This blog shows you what you can expect to see!
Posted by
Andy Brown
on 18 July 2022
Will you soon need to modify a downloaded file's before you can run macros contained in it? Yes … and then no (and now maybe).
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.