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It’s 2010, and we’re still struggling with Excel 2007. I hope the people at Microsoft are listening! And there’s some debate as to whether Excel charts are cool or old school. Part of the answer might be user dependent. And if you’re not Canadian, you might not be familiar with Excel gum. Even John…

When words don’t look right on your Excel spreadsheet, call it a day, and announce that it’s Margarita time! Ugh, my usual problem solving method of making an Excel chart is not making this problem any easier to deal with. It’s that time of the week when normal words no longer look right. I’m staring…

A better solution for preventing sharing nightmares? Don’t create shared workbooks. The end. Spreadsheet modeling has evolved into a medium for managerial Machiavellis – Michael Schrage haha… Next time don’t write that you have advanced excel skills in your resume… Dear Microsoft, your chart feature of Excel o’s awful. Please hire some Apple designers to…

When you work in Excel on the weekend, it seems to go better with cartoons or football, playing in the background. As far as I know, either American or European football is permissible. Canadian football ended yesterday, so you won’t find that on television until next summer. 10 years ago, i couldn’t have imagined that…

Lots of tweets about the Excel Hell video this week. I didn’t find it too funny, but apparently lots of other people did. Apress tweeted about Pro Excel Financial Modeling: Building Models for Technology Startups . I did the technical review, and got my copy this week. And I don’t think my kids are bragging…

Not too many Excel tweets on the weekend, probably because of the July 4th holiday. A few people were stuck behind a spreadsheet though, and I hope they got outside eventually. YES, I’M AT HOME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT MAKING A SPREADSHEET. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. You have work in the…