Third lesson in low-code: You want me to convert how many files to PDF? ❗ 😰

Hi, welcome back. This is our third leg of the low-code journey, designed to empower you to break away from repetitive tasks, create your solutions, and focus on what really matters. If you missed our previous lessons, be sure to look at these posts: “Never miss an important email from your boss!” “I want to

My second low-code project: I finished my document. Was it approved ❓

Ok, here we go with our second low-code, quick-and-easy project. Here is the problem I am tackling: I collaborate with others, not just in Microsoft Word or Excel documents, but also on audio and video projects. In general, I need to make sure someone signs off on them. Rather than going back and forth with

Never miss an important email from your boss! 🥵

I don’t know if this has happened to you, but I’ve experienced several times when I have missed an important email from my boss for one reason or another. It never feels right. At best, they will take an explanation or an excuse, but I would instead not go through that. Just recently, though, Power

📱❓ I want to create my own tech solutions, but I am not a coder. Where do I begin?

In a previous post, “I want to develop an app, but …,” I mentioned how low-code platforms create new opportunities for users to begin developing solutions to their problems and their teams. As a result of low-code platform deployments, there is a democratization of innovation and the empowerment of underrepresented groups in the tech sectors.

The Teaching Space of Tomorrow: Should we kill the blackboard?

Listen to a recording of this episode! The pandemic has taught us a few things over the last year. In one way or another, we all had to figure out, in some cases quickly, how to work remotely. The teaching and learning dynamics were made particularly interesting. In my case, after a couple of weeks

I need a quiet space for online meetings, but…

¡Hola! Welcome to our second installment of a series of posts about Microsoft 365. Not only will this series help you stay on top of all things Microsoft 365, but it will also make you a star among your colleagues. You will impress them with all this useful information aimed at making your digital life

Effective note-taking with OneNote

I take notes in class and in meetings. I like annotating and scribbling while I do that. Highlighting and doodling are part of my DNA, but losing notebooks is part of my DNA too. The beginning of a new semester is a great time to talk about using your computer in new and effective ways

I want to develop an app, but …

Listen to the audio version here Sometimes I feel like this blog is my confessional, so here I go again. This time, I wanted to develop an app, but the last time I wrote code was sometime in the last millennium. Might as well not have done it ever before; things have changed too much.

AI buddy translates, captions and gives feedback on presentations and videos

In a previous post we discussed how PowerPoint can give users feedback on presentations using AI services. Here, we want to talk about another tool which offers you a richer set of services. This is part of our ongoing series on artificial intelligence and voice to text services. Imagine this scenario. You are someone who

Bobcats get presentation feedback on the fly with AI Coach

This is the second on a series on how artificial intelligence voice to text services can help Bobcats advance their academic skills. A key skill for students to develop is the ability to communicate professionally and effectively. Part of acquiring these skills is having the ability to engage audiences through presentations. Traditionally we have relied