A fellow RPA evangelist Vajrang B was kind enough to invite me as Guest Speaker on his YouTube channel. It was a great interactive session about RPA and Human in the Loop (HitL). This page is a compilation of all the resources that were mentioned or referenced during the live session. The video is linked below. If you or someone you know is on their initial stages of Robotic Process Automation, this video should help get some clarity on why RPA can supercharge your career! What is RPA? Some statistics about Robotic Process Automation over the past 7 years (2016 – 2022): Source: https://www.ho ..read more

1995 was a long time ago. But I still vaguely remember the BASIC Programming Language class that I took (more like, pretended to take) while also playing a game called Alley Cat on a black-and-white screen. Every class and institute back then would teach the same way – using plain letters as variables, e.g. a, b, c or abc, pqr, etc. It was easier to get by with such simple variables back then, but in today’s world of complex and advanced tools like UiPath, coding best practices are more important than ever. Ah, it takes me back! ( *shakes himself back to present* ) *Ahem* Let’s come back to th ..read more

Cloud Software – it’s everywhere! Whether it’s your Outlook Email, ticketing systems or project collaboration apps – you will see a web version of almost every software that once used to be an installation on your computer. The latest product company to join the Web party is UiPath and how! Studio Web is finally making its way into your UiPath Automation Cloud, packed with a host of ready-to-use activities. Computers are faster and happier with it; Management can’t get enough of it! Cloud really has made things easier in this remote world. We are able to access our workspaces better than ever ..read more

I watch a lot of stand-up comedy on YouTube and Netflix. (But who doesn’t?) Anyway, last weekend I was watching one of my favourite comedians riffing on old cooking shows (pre-MasterChef era); especially the fact that we only have the chef’s own testimony on how tasty the food really is. And I know you’re wondering what that has to do with learning RPA… so let me elaborate. By no means do I question the quality of the chef’s cooking. But the joke got me thinking about how we tend to validate our own skill level by our own standard. There is subjective validation at play, i.e. we are each biase ..read more

I watch a lot of stand-up comedy on YouTube and Netflix. (But who doesn’t?) Anyway, last weekend I was watching one of my favourite comedians riffing on old cooking shows (pre-MasterChef era); especially the fact that we only have the chef’s own testimony on how tasty the food really is. And I know you’re wondering what that has to do with learning RPA… so let me elaborate. By no means do I question the quality of the chef’s cooking. But the joke got me thinking about how we tend to validate our own skill level by our own standard. There is subjective validation at play, i.e. we are each biase ..read more

If you’ve seen the “Start Here” section on the blog, I talked about the WHAT and the WHY of RPA. This post is sort of a continuation of these two articles. Let’s call it RPA 103 – The HOW. It’s time to start building your own robots! So we will look at some popular RPA Tools available today. For example, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, etc. followed by quick steps to get started with one… UiPath! The “Start Here!” section can be found in the menu above Several great products are available in the Robotic Process Automation world, and many of them are very popular with companies and adv ..read more

In today’s world, almost every business is striving to undergo a digital transformation in some capacity. That involves automation technology such as Robotic Process Automation or RPA. It’s become an integral part of the transformation ecosystem. As a result, it is more important than ever before to understand its impact on the future workforce. An important trend to emerge of late is the phrase Citizen Developer. Although it is considered a more recent trend, this concept is as old as the software industry itself! And yet, considering the current climate, Citizen Developers might just be the ..read more

The IT Services industry has a new weapon in its arsenal — Robotic Process Automation aka RPA. It has taken the world by a storm; one that is likely to keep brewing for a while. And just like with every new concept or idea, humans by nature are intrigued yet a bit sceptical towards this shiny new object on their shores… Whether you are– a business owner reading to optimize your business processes– or someone who is about to get a robot colleague to work with– or a developer exploring this awesome new tech… this article seeks to explore the many possibilities in your career, except one — killin ..read more

No matter the career path we choose, each one of us has had to answer a question more than once in their professional lives – Where do you see yourself in five years? It’s a question designed to question one’s outlook and the state of mind around the things to come. This ability to introspect our past experiences and gauge our expectations from the future is what makes us tick. That is what makes human beings evolve as a race. The world began the year 2020 with a rude awakening in the form of COVID-19 – a disease that spread at a terrifying speed and reached pandemic status – raising a questio ..read more

Now that we are past introductions, it’s time to start assembling the pieces we need to build our first robot. Naturally, we need a toolkit for the assembly. The toolkit – in this case – is the vast collection of Robotic Process Automation tools offering various benefits. We’re going to have a quick overview of these tools, so that we move one step close to building our own, very first robot! You’re only as good as the tools you use. by Emmert Wolf As any decent tradie will tell you, tools are very important; but the other side of the coin is equally important. Unless one knows how to use the ..read more