Podcast Episode! S2E3: Shane YoungJames 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 QuotesShaneYou’ve got to be able to put firm rules around this thing [Power Apps] before you go. PaulPeople 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. 

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