Microsoft Sway (preview)
Sway was announced back in October and made available as a limited invitation-only preview. Since then it's been opened up for general access, and (important for this blog post) I've…
Microsoft
Three years at Microsoft
I had a very busy day yesterday and didn't notice that it was my third anniversary of joining Microsoft. Looking back those three years have flown past - I remember…
Apps for Excel 2013
Office 2013 has the ability to provide in-application apps to users, and Excel is the most bountiful place to find and use these handy additions. Here's a pick of some…
Power BI for Office 365
In two recent posts I discussed the Power BI app for Windows 8.1 and Power Query for Excel 2013. Continuing with this business intelligence (BI) theme, let's take a look…
Windows Phone 8.1
This latest update to Windows Phone is not generally available yet, so most users will need to wait until their networks push out the update. If you're interested in grabbing…
Power BI app for Windows 8.1
In late December I blogged about the Power Query add-in for Excel 2013, and mentioned that Excel is an important part of Microsoft’s strategy for Business Intelligence. BI in general…
Microsoft Project Siena
Most Windows 8 (or 8.1) users would look at the apps on their start screen and assume that they couldn't build one themselves. Many people would be wrong, as Microsoft's…
Power Query for Excel 2013
If you have Office 2013 Professional (or Pro Plus, which is part of certain Office 365 offerings), you'll be entitled to use a set of business intelligence add-ins for Excel…
Dell Venue 8 Pro
Poor Mrs A, she does struggle for what to get me for Christmas. I'm generally not a wanty person. But not this year... although it would be unwise to mention…
Lenovo Helix
A couple of weeks ago I was asked "if you were to choose a second computer, what would it be?". Thinking this was just a casual survey question I didn't…