If you jump out of bed to work on Excel problems, you might want to keep a coffee-related workbook close by. And maybe something for a headache.
- Another can’t miss idea: a zine about spreadsheet design called "8pt Verdana." Centerfold is a huge pivot table.
- Waiting for an acquaintance to come by so I can show him how to add columns of numbers in Excel. #fb
- my work sends me my schedule via e-mail (among other ways), but i can only use excel 11 more times until they’ll block me cos i have no code
- Try using a pivot table when you get a chance. There should be an excel wizard that can help you.
- Dear Excel, I’m so glad we are friends now. We will show the world together with our charts that artists and numbers can cohabitate 🙂
- My eyeballs have Excel spreadsheet cell borders burned into them after 11 years of working with that darn thing.
- I just jumped out of bed because I had an Excel epiphany, and I had to verify if the formula usage would actually work. It totally does.
- One thing guaranteed to give me a headache: Excel Spreadsheets.
- just for fun… aaaarrgh, no i’m still at work and just messed up an important excel sheet (my own fault…)
- My company work Excel files all have macros that burn down when I most need them, popping out treasury errors and messages…
- 3 hours of Excel. Oh my God.
- Uh-oh! Just opened Excel to start making a coffee-related spreadsheet. Slippery slope!
- A good spreadsheet ages like the kind of cheese that makes children run from the room.
- You’re mother bakes pie charts in Hell!, bwa ha ha – possessed Excel sheet
- not a good day at work. Thank you godaddy hosting, excel 2003 and joomla.
- I am "knocking 7 bells out of" Excel today. Named ranges with formulas – Excel, you will work the way I want you to!!!
- Hate seeing people wasting time. Guy opposite on the train is manually adding up rows on time sheets, page after page. Human spreadsheet.
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Teens, Sudoku and cheese — an Excel pivot table could help you with those, unless you’ve had a few beers for lunch.
Spreadsheets…the stuff of dreams and nightmares. And I’m sure it would make better television than most of the stuff that’s on.
Oh no! I missed World Statistics Day. The odds are good that you missed it too. Let’s get that on the events calendar for next year, and we’ll do some spreadsheet work as penance. Right after we pause for ice cream.
It may be aggravating to work at home, if you don’t have Excel, but it’s better than learning co-workers’ names at the office. There are fewer meetings too, and no secret maps.
Yesterday was a slow day for Excel tweets; probably everyone was still recovering from their Spreadsheet Day celebrations. Thanks to everyone who posted and tweeted about Spreadsheet Day, and at least one tweeter was going to have a huge party (albeit one day late).
I haven’t tried sushi with Excel, but maybe it helps. Fish oils are supposed to improve brain function. Jello shots probably don’t.
Happy Spreadsheet Day! Here’s a special edition of Excel Twitter to help you celebrate. Settle back, get lost in the logic, turn up the furnace and check your beer spreadsheet. A perfect day.
Yes, sometimes it does feel like open heart surgery, when you’re working on a complex Excel file. But I didn’t learn any of these skills at school — desktop computers hadn’t even been invented yet, let alone Excel!
That tweeter is right — if you need help, it helps if you know what kind of help you need!
Is E. E. Cummings still alive and tweeting? Or are people just too tired to press the Shift key when they type "I"? Or maybe it’s a tribute to iTunes.
Mmmm…Excel with sugar and a graveyard. It’s starting to sound like Hallowe’en.
Remember, before you do the Excel happy dance, make sure that all the birth dates are entered correctly, to avoid any embarrassing international incidents.
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Did you make a spreadsheet to plan the big dinner? You can download my 
Strange, I watched The Diary of Bridget Jones this week, so the tweet about it was timely, and amusing. Much more entertaining than Farmville, I’m sure, but maybe not as awesome as a cupcake.
Poor people – they spend all day staring at Excel, and don’t get recognition for saving the company some money. The boss gives them multiple spreadsheets to work on too! It’s so unfair.
It’s true – recording an Excel macro does not always record correctly. That can lead to a gloomy feeling.
Is that tweeter making a "baby spreadsheet", or making a "baby" spreadsheet, or talking about a "making a baby" spreadsheet. Let’s hope it’s the first option. I’m trying to run a business here.
Wow, I’m still working on this year’s garden, and someone else is already planning next year’s. And remember, Excel is better than flowers.
I’m still celebrating Excel’s 25th birthday — how about you? It’s a good excuse for an all-weekend party.
Hide the hammers! I’ll be working in Excel today. Fortunately, no one will be checking to see what line I’m on.
Excel acts like a turtle sometimes on my computer, but never a Ninja Turtle. Maybe I need more pivot tables!
Funny that thinking about Excel puts some people to sleep; it usually keeps me awake! Maybe a cruise would help!
I’d rather be getting my hands dirty in Excel, than in laundry and diapers. But doodling and donuts sound fun.
Having all student drivers in a horse and buggy might not be such a bad idea. It’s tougher to get into a 30-car pileup that way. Now back to my cookies and Excel.
Lots of Friday fun, and some frustration, in yesterday’s Excel themed tweets. And remember, no matter how bad the week was, at least you aren’t an orthodontist!
If everything is working fine, do not try to tidy up your code at the last minute. Trust me — it will just lead to twitching.
Which will you go for — the sexy Excel chart or the glass of wine that’s batting its eyelashes at you? On second thought, if the wine is starting to flirt with you, it’s time to quit anyway.
Sometimes working in Excel is like the Wizard of Oz, with flying monkeys and searching for a brain. And remember, Seattle is the Emerald City!
Excel macros aren’t considered real work? That’s news to me — maybe it’s because you don’t need special work shoes. I do know that the Excel Autocomplete function won’t do your work for you though.
World peace, cheerios and chicken wings. You can do anything with Excel, as long as calculation isn’t set to Manual.
Glad to know that I’m not the only person who has to calculate their age each birthday.
Twitter users don’t seem to have much patience for the elderly — and that’s probably anyone over 35! I’m old enough to remember that Easter egg, so I definitely fall into the elderly category too.