How the democratisation of technology changed the Excel conversation — and perhaps caused us to forget what Excel could already do By Hiran de Silva I came across a post...
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When a throwaway LinkedIn comment deserves to be tested By Hiran de Silva A few weeks ago, something rather extraordinary happened on LinkedIn. It began innocently...
The Macro Recorder May Explain Why People Think It Did A penny-drop moment about Power Query, VBA—and a misunderstanding that may go back forty years By Hiran de Silva...
By Hiran de Silva Good morning, Jim. The man you’re looking at is Bob. He’s the Chairman of a large global organisation, with hundreds of offices and...
Wyn Hopkins, AI and the question we haven’t quite answered By Hiran de Silva There is a very pertinent point in Wyn Hopkins‘s discussion about AI-generated...
Part Two: Are We Really Being Deceived? My previous article started with a distinction. There is a profound difference between using AI to manufacture expertise you...
I came across an observation this morning that stopped me in my tracks. (Wyn Hopkins post on LinkedIn) Someone had apparently suggested using AI to make AI-generated...
By Hiran de Silva What You Need To Do Prompt your favourite AI to give to an overview of how you should approach the following requirement. You can give it the entire...
By Hiran de Silva There is an interesting problem when we try to take a solution designed for a small, local problem and scale it into something global. Very often, the...
By Hiran de Silva There is no shortage of Excel webinars. Every week, somewhere in the world, somebody is demonstrating a new feature, a new formula, a new piece of...