{"id":8077,"date":"2017-12-12T17:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/brainlitter\/?p=8077"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:40:43","slug":"flow-win-meet-plank-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2017\/12\/12\/flow-win-meet-plank-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Flow for the Win &#8211; Meet the Plank Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What<\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;ve always sprinkled a little fun and creativity in our office tech.\u00a0 And thanks in part to some inspiration from my friend Tom Hudock who challenged several of us dads to a &#8220;thriving fathers&#8221; Facebook challenge to be more active every day, I took it upon myself to repurpose some of our existing office tech that was previously leveraging some older (and more expensive solutions, such as Nintex) and replaced them with a simple but effective Microsoft Flow solution.<\/p>\n<p>The goal? Play with Microsoft Flow, solve a simple problem and help others (get fit).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>So What<\/h1>\n<p>Introducing the &#8220;Office Plank Light&#8221;.\u00a0 Much like our &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itgroove.net\/brainlitter\/2012\/11\/30\/introducing-the-itgroove-support-orb\/\">itgroove Support Orb<\/a>&#8220;, we&#8217;ve found another creative use for our IP connected electrical outlet Power Controller (seen here on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Power-9258T-4-Outlet-Network-Controller\/dp\/B005D55HKU\">Amazon<\/a>, though I&#8217;m sure there are newer alternatives 4 years later if you are shopping today&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/The-Plank-Light.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/The-Plank-Light.png?resize=295%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/The-Plank-Light.png?resize=295%2C300&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/The-Plank-Light.png?resize=768%2C782&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/The-Plank-Light.png?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty simple recipe actually:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Plug a light into the IP Power Switch<\/li>\n<li>Create a Flow that switches the light on every day at 10am (and 2pm), waits 5 minutes and turns it off again<\/li>\n<li>Listen for the groans in the office and watch everyone drop and do 15 pushups and 90 seconds of planking. And we keep pushing those numbers up every few days!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s The Flow(s)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Click the images for bigger versions&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png?resize=300%2C82\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png?resize=300%2C82&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png?resize=1024%2C281&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png?resize=768%2C211&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Schedule.png?w=1114&amp;ssl=1 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Flow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Flow.png?resize=246%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Flow.png?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Flow.png?resize=768%2C937&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Plank-Light-Flow.png?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yep, I could have accomplished this with one single flow but I opted to separate them for now as I may extend the purpose and I liked the two separately managed schedules.<\/p>\n<h1>Now What<\/h1>\n<p>Get your office leveraging Flow, get creative with your technology and start planking.\u00a0 Challenge Issued!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8082\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png?resize=300%2C146\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png?resize=1024%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/Planking-is-torture.png?w=1269&amp;ssl=1 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What We&#8217;ve always sprinkled a little fun and creativity in our office tech.\u00a0 And thanks in part to some inspiration from my friend Tom Hudock who challenged several of us dads to a &#8220;thriving fathers&#8221; 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