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May 10, 2022

Tech World on TikTok – Is it for you?

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Microsoft Regional Director & MVP Adam Cogan walks your through why you should use TikTok as a techie to promote yourself and your business, and the best way to do it.

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April 10, 2022

10 Security Tips for CEOs and SysAdmins

Adam Cogan General, Security Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Malware, Ransom Attacks, Ransomware 1 Comment

Get 10 tips from Adam Cogan on how to make your business less inviting to Cyber threats like Ransomware attacks. He breaks it down for CEO’s and SysAdmins.

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March 28, 2022

Tech Debt – Do you know the best way to handle it?

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I did a video for SSW TV with Solution Architect, Matt Goldman, to demonstrate the best practices for handling tech debt. Watch it below for some cool tips! For more, check out the rules here: https://rules.ssw.com.au/technical-debt https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/refactor-your-code-and-keep-methods-short

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March 7, 2022

Helping each other in the workplace – Hint: It starts with you

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Last month I spoke to you all about Speaking up about Workplace Unfairness… It’s a super important topic for employee wellbeing, and I thought a good follow-up would be to share some tips. We’ve all experienced unfairness, whether it be in the workplace, or in our personal lives. Let’s first look at the impact of […]

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February 8, 2022

Speaking up about unfairness

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Would you speak up at work if something happened to you at work that you thought was unfair? Adam Cogan explores how to deal with fairness in the workplace, communication and misunderstandings

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January 12, 2022

Adam’s 2021 Year in Review

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Read Adam Cogan’s highlights of running SSW in 2021, a tech company based in Australia.

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December 6, 2021

5 tips for GitHub Issues & Projects

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Learn how you can run your development projects more effectively using Github. Adam will show you how to use GitHub Issues and Projects to get the most out of Scrum.

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November 5, 2021

Avoiding Storms with BDD & Automated Testing

Adam Cogan Automated Testing, General, SSW Rules Automated Testing, Automated UI Testing, BDD, GtiHub Actions, UI, UX 0 Comments

With BDD (Behavioural-Driven Development) and Gherkin syntax you can write unit test scenarios in plain text using a few key words (Given, When, Then). Plain text makes the test scenarios easy to understand, even for non-techies.

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October 14, 2021

Avoiding a Jurassic problem – 7 tips for handling errors, before they bite

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Error handling doesn’t need to be a nightmare. Follow these 7 tips to manage your errors, identify bugs & keep your projects healthy.

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September 10, 2021

Going handsfree in Office 365 – You should be using Dictate

Adam Cogan Accessibility, General, Office 365 Accessibility, Dictate, Office 365, voice-to-text 0 Comments

Microsoft has its own Siri in Office 365 More and more of us are using Siri and Google Assistant, but a very small percentage are taking advantage of the office feature that allows you to draft an email by talking. First some background Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to be in meetings with […]

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  • Tech World on TikTok – Is it for you?
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  • Tech Debt – Do you know the best way to handle it?
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