Introduction Hi again This is the second half to a post that will use the OpenWeatherMap API in PowerApps. The business scenario is around performing inspections. In the first post I gave the example of a park ranger or plant …

How’s the weather? Using a public API with PowerApps (part 2) Read more »

Introduction Okay citizen developers, listen up! This post and its forthcoming second part will teach you how to get PowerApps to connect to an online web service to add an extra dimension of awesomeness to your app. It also covers …

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Hiya A client recently asked to make a PowerApps proof of concept audit app for safety inspections. The gist was that a user would enter an audit number into the App, take a bunch of photos and make some notes. …

A Filename Generation Example for PowerApps with Flow Read more »

At the time of writing, a common request for PowerApps is to be able to able to upload photos to SharePoint. It makes perfect sense, especially now that its really easy to make a PowerApp that is bound to a …

A Clever-workaround for Saving Photos to SharePoint from PowerApps Read more »

As I write this I am somewhere over the middle of Australia, flying back to Perth after participating in a 3 day event that was fun, challenging and highly insightful. The conference was Creative Melbourne, and I am proud to …

Rediscovering my curiosity at Creative Melbourne Read more »

So today I was inspired to come out of blogging hibernation because I saw possibly the worst dodgy 2*2 management matrix ever. The piece below was something that was originally going to be part of my next book with Kailash …

The ASS Scale. The best 2*2 management model ever! Read more »

Hi all If you are not aware, my colleagues and I have spend a large chunk of the last few years developing a software tool for SharePoint called Glyma (pronounced “Glimmer”). Glyma is a very powerful  knowledge management solution for …

Glyma is now open source! Read more »

Hiya This is the third post in some articles aimed helping strategic or business focused users understand the SharePoint 2013 and Office365 “apps model”, and what it means for the future of SharePoint. In part 1 of this series, I …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 3) Read more »

Hi all Just to let you know that I’ll be presenting a webinar with Christian Buckley on the topic of Glyma, Knowledge Management and SharePoint next week. If you have an interest in things like workforce planning, knowledge capture, project …

A free IT Unity Webinar: Rewriting the Rulebook for Managing Knowledge Read more »

Hiya This is the second post in some articles aimed at demystifying the SharePoint “apps” model for the strategic or business focused user. In case you are not aware, Microsoft have gotten a serious case of “app fever” in recent …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 2) Read more »