As we all know, TED Talks are a really easy way to get a fresh perspective on a topic to broaden your thinking. What better way to get some edutainment over the holidays? I'll give you five of my favourite talks in a sec but first a plug for how well organised the TED talkContinue reading "5 TED Talks for the summer break"
My recommended holiday reads
Once you have finished that holiday novel, what to read next? Here is my list of recommended summer holiday reads. These books will help you discover: how technology is changing the work of human experts; that the future of the courts is AI-powered decision making; how we can track the evolution of language through whatContinue reading "My recommended holiday reads"
Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics
Microsoft's Office 365 now contains a powerful tool to understand how you spend your time throughout the week. MyAnalytics was added to Office 365 suite this year. It gives you personalised information on how you have been working focusing on these areas: Network - who you have communicated with and patterns around these communications CollaborationContinue reading "Understand how you spend your time with MyAnalytics"
Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens
Rather than take a trip to the photocopier, try using Office Lens to take a scan at your desk. Need to take a picture of that whiteboard at the end of the meeting - use Office Lens. With the programs within Microsoft Office becoming ever the more integrated, it makes sense to look at howContinue reading "Scanning from your mobile – Office Lens"
Slide Prep Made Easy! Draft in MS Word.
Preparing a PowerPoint presentation can take more time than you think. There is a simple way to save time by preparing your slide content in Word and then importing it to Powerpoint. Each slide, title and body text will be instantly created and formatted. It's much better than wasting time moving around your slides toContinue reading "Slide Prep Made Easy! Draft in MS Word."
Need maps? Try Power Map for Excel
Including a map in our technical writing and presentations is an easy way to make geographic information more engaging for our audience. With the advanced data visualisation these days it can seem a little intimidating. However generating simple maps is actually really easy and automated with Excel. It includes Power Map a quick and easyContinue reading "Need maps? Try Power Map for Excel"
Top Planning Apps for 2019
Planetizen in the US recently published this article on the best mobile apps to use in planning work. I thought this was a great article to share. Note it builds on an earlier article they published with a long list of "the best planning apps" - link here. This latest article discusses both the lackContinue reading "Top Planning Apps for 2019"
Planning Memes
Memes are one of the universal languages of the internet - using popular cultural /image references to create a shared understanding of a concept, attitude or life experience. I use a Pinterest board to collect planning memes I come across. Check out the board here. While these memes have been made by planners in all sortsContinue reading "Planning Memes"
Tech Terms: Chatbots
The final post in this month's Tech Terms series is Chatbots. This post continues from the post on Natural Language Processing so check out that post if you want some further background. There is a lot of hype about robots taking jobs and chatbots are a good early representation of that possibility. Chatbots are computer programs designedContinue reading "Tech Terms: Chatbots"
Tech Terms: Sentiment Analysis
For most planning processes, it is a real challenge to get engagement and input from the public. It is also common to only hear from certain groups, leaving many communities unheard, especially marginalised groups. It's now possible to capture not only qualitative data from the public as they use and move through urban spaces, weContinue reading "Tech Terms: Sentiment Analysis"
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