I’ve begun consulting organizations on using Airtable for tracking company information. Airtable provides an amazing platform for moving away from Spreadsheets (Excel or Google sheets) as a way of tracking company workflow and data. It is a rudimentary relational database system that looks and feels like a spreadsheet. As a stop-gap, proof-of-concept, or even the […]
This is a demo of a recent client project. Based on my Google Distance Calculator example (go here to view and download). Below is a video demo and downloadable example of the project. Technologies Used: Excel VBA, Google Maps Distance Matrix API, Google Maps Static Map API. My client needed a list of addresses to […]
I’m going to provide a sample text file and a sample Excel VBA macro file for you to test. You can find the download below. Structured Data is Nice but Not Always Possible It would nice if every system had the ability to export data in more structured formats, like XML or json, rather than […]
I’ve read a few articles on this – specifically people asking how to check if an optional parameters has been passed to a C# method/function/class. I saw several responses where people suggested you don’t have to check – just set your default values or use overloading. The problem with both solutions is that they fail […]
Excel File download with VBA and Google Maps to calculate distance and duration between multiple destination addresses. Update 12/17/2019: Important! You must have a Google Matrix API Key and IT MUST BE CONNECTED TO AN API BILLING ACCOUNT! If your billing account is not active or connected to the API account, the tool WILL NOT […]
Last week, Matthew Moran, gave a workshop as part of The Russell Fisher Business Collection at the Camarillo Library. The RF Business Collection is a grant that provides the library funds for hosting business workshops and informational seminars. Georg Winkler administers and books speakers for the event. He has also started getting them on video […]
We just published the initial version (beta: ver. 0.5) of an MPAA Content Security Audit Review Tool built in Microsoft Excel. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has a Content Security Best Practices Common Guidelines document that our client needed us to follow to help them pass a digital security audit review. The audit […]
This came up for a client recently, so we decided it was worth covering here on the blog. Also, it was supposed to be our first Tech Tuesday content but we had to get to a client early to ensure they passed a network security audit that was tied to a substantial amount of new business. […]
AKA: How to build better technology solutions for your organization. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 RECAP & INTRODUCTION In part 1 I covered origins and impact. In part 2, I wrote about objectives, what to expect, and described the dangers of process-driven thinking. In part 3, we’re going to explain how to move […]