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Helping each other
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

Adam Cogan General Fairness, People Management, Speaking Up, Teams 0 Comments

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

Adam Cogan General, GitHub, Scrum github, GitHub Issues, GitHub Projects, Project Management, Scrum 1 Comment

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

Adam Cogan .NET Core, Customer Experience, General, SSW Rules Application insights, Error handling, healthy code, report bugs 0 Comments

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 1 Comment

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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August 12, 2021

The Power of Multi-select – Multiple Options on Data Entry Forms

Adam Cogan Architecture, CRM, General Dynamics 365, Dynamics CRM, Multiselect, Reporting 0 Comments

Ever used a form you wish had multiselect? It’s frustrating when you have to choose, knowing there was a better option in combination. Find out how using Multiselect in Dynamics 365 will produce better data

July 13, 2021

Video killed the Bibliophile – Video vs Books

Adam Cogan General 2 Comments

Book lovers, aka bibliophiles, are 6 feet under…. If you want to learn something new, most people just Google it, others watch a video. I have a fond history with books, and they helped me build SSW. The beginning of SSW Rules When I first started SSW I read a business book that helped me […]

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June 9, 2021

Keeping Secrets – How to make your code more secure

Adam Cogan Azure, General Azure Key Vault, Connection Strings, Managed Identities, Secrets, Secure Code 0 Comments

Security vulnerabilities involving connection strings can arise based on the type of authentication used, how connection strings are persisted in memory, and the techniques used to construct them at run time. Find out how to minimise the risk of exposing your secrets via code.

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