Shane Young on Power Platform Democratization
Switched On with Paul Modderman and James Wood
English - February 24, 2022 17:24 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTechnology News cloud microsoft sap software development tech Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Podcast Episode! S2E3: Shane Young
James and I talked to Shane Young for the third episode in our second season: “Power Platform Democratization”. Shane is the founder of PowerApps911, helping clients with Power Platform training and custom app builds in the Microsoft universe. He’s a fun guy to talk to, and he’s one of the most informative people you’ll ever follow on Twitter or YouTube.
HighlightsShane is a “Microsoft nerd” — in love with it since the ‘90sPrior to PowerApps911, he ran SharePoint911. I’m sensing a formula.Digression into Ted LassoShane says he’s seeing about a 50/50 blend of IT folks and business folks in the Power Platform worldPower Apps/Power Platform has 530+ connectors (as of the time of recording — more now!)Shane said “You’ll appreciate this as nerds” to James and I — and yeah. We did. :)Major customer moment(s) for Shane: getting past simply reproducing a paper form, and really unlocking the tech things that platforms add.Shane looks forward to continuous democratization of technology.Money QuotesShane
You’ve got to be able to put firm rules around this thing [Power Apps] before you go.
Paul
People don’t realize how flexible they are, when it comes time to explain their actions to a machine.
The tragedy of IT is that some people [who only incidentally use tech] feel dumb because they can’t figure out the tools.