{"id":2725,"date":"2016-02-12T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2016-02-11T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:03:29","slug":"excel-twitter-20160212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/02\/12\/excel-twitter-20160212\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20160212"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A boss who is a boulder might not appreciate your new pivot table and VLOOKUP skills. Maybe you should give up using Excel for a while, or explode a few pie charts.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you like this week&#8217;s tweets, please do me a favour and share the link. Thanks! [bctt tweet=&#8221;Here are this week&#8217;s best #Excel tweets, for your Friday entertainment&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Plain Text<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the tweets in plain text. The embedded tweets are below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This girl couldn&#8217;t get the Autofill on #Excel to work since she kept spelling February as &#8220;Februrary&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Just fixed an Excel Pivot Table AND a Moodle Forum question in quick succession. GOD I&#8217;m marginally smarter than those around me<\/li>\n<li>Think I may have just killed my laptop using only Excel and an Index-Match function. #nerdytweet #FML<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hey Google, I need an Excel formula that&#8217;ll give me a count of rows that match this other value&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s literally a pivot table&#8221; &#8220;OH YEAH&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Last night I learned vlookup &amp; pivot tables. I regret rejecting my dad&#8217;s attempt to teach me excel &amp; code. 14yo me should&#8217;ve known better.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I work with data&#8221; &#8220;Like big data?&#8221; &#8220;No, small data, like building dashboards in Excel&#8221; &#8220;Ah ha, I called that intimate data&#8230;&#8221;#data<\/li>\n<li>That moment when your boss mentions that you missed two tabs in the Excel sheet. *Charlie Brown scream*<\/li>\n<li>My boss to me when I said I couldn&#8217;t teach her my job in 3 wks: &#8220;I&#8217;ve actually used Excel a lot, just never for formulas.&#8221; #wut #excel #lol<\/li>\n<li>I just learned what a VLOOKUP was in Google Sheets. Excel is like programming, except you are always writing minified code.<\/li>\n<li>If your boss will be impressed by your knowing 6 excel hacks then you&#8217;ve got a boulder for a boss.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a pie chart option in Excel called &#8220;pie explosion.&#8221; This is 0% explosion versus 50% and then 100%. pic.twitter.com\/iJ7nu5qeoM<\/li>\n<li>I will never understand IT job postings. Wanted: Candidate should have a Masters in a quantitative field. Duties: Pivot tables in Excel<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve decided to give up using Microsoft Excel for lent. Friends say it&#8217;ll never work but I think it&#8217;s an Excel-lent idea.<\/li>\n<li>A scatterplot problem woke me up out of a sound sleep. This is why we can&#8217;t have nice things, #Excel.<\/li>\n<li>Stop tweeting and get on with your excel work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like this week&#8217;s tweets, please do me a favour and share the link. Thanks! [bctt tweet=&#8221;Here are this week&#8217;s best #Excel tweets, for your Friday entertainment&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"twitter20160212b\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/twitter20160212b.png\" alt=\"twitter20160212b\" width=\"396\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Embedded<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the embedded tweets. The tweets in plain text are above.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This girl couldn&#8217;t get the Autofill on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Excel?src=hash\">#Excel<\/a> to work since she kept spelling February as &#8220;Februrary&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Felix (@Felix_Brehh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Felix_Brehh\/status\/697329946063085568\">February 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nJust fixed an Excel Pivot Table AND a Moodle Forum question in quick succession. GOD I&#8217;m marginally smarter than those around me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nerkel (@macneacal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macneacal\/status\/697745599450509312\">February 11, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Think I may have just killed my laptop using only Excel and an Index-Match function. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nerdytweet?src=hash\">#nerdytweet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FML?src=hash\">#FML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thom Phillips (@ThomIPhillips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomIPhillips\/status\/697203859882643456\">February 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n&#8220;Hey Google, I need an Excel formula that&#8217;ll give me a count of rows that match this other value&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;That&#8217;s literally a pivot table&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;OH YEAH&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Devon (@someluckyday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/someluckyday\/status\/695691691395780610\">February 5, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last night I learned vlookup &amp; pivot tables.<br \/>\nI regret rejecting my dad&#8217;s attempt to teach me excel &amp; code.<br \/>\n14yo me should&#8217;ve known better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jelena Stankovic (@librarianjeli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarianjeli\/status\/697075291710029824\">February 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n&#8220;I work with data&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Like big data?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;No, small data, like building dashboards in Excel&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Ah ha, I called that intimate data&#8230;&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/data?src=hash\">#data<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Collins (@benlcollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benlcollins\/status\/697081834493059072\">February 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That moment when your boss mentions that you missed two tabs in the Excel sheet. *Charlie Brown scream*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 S (@sck229) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sck229\/status\/695669210748309505\">February 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nMy boss to me when I said I couldn&#8217;t teach her my job in 3 wks: &#8220;I&#8217;ve actually used Excel a lot, just never for formulas.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wut?src=hash\">#wut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/excel?src=hash\">#excel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lol?src=hash\">#lol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christianna (@xochristianna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xochristianna\/status\/697769682443571200\">February 11, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just learned what a VLOOKUP was in Google Sheets. Excel is like programming, except you are always writing minified code.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wes Bos (@wesbos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesbos\/status\/697524560447594496\">February 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nIf your boss will be impressed by your knowing 6 excel hacks then you&#8217;ve got a boulder for a boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pawel Janiak (@cynicalgrinch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynicalgrinch\/status\/697400630005129216\">February 10, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s a pie chart option in Excel called &#8220;pie explosion.&#8221; This is 0% explosion versus 50% and then 100%. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJ7nu5qeoM\">pic.twitter.com\/iJ7nu5qeoM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Eli (@hannahroseeli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hannahroseeli\/status\/696723282691813376\">February 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nI will never understand IT job postings. Wanted: Candidate should have a Masters in a quantitative field. Duties: Pivot tables in Excel<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Vale (@nick_vale_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nick_vale_\/status\/697127759781486593\">February 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve decided to give up using Microsoft Excel for lent. Friends say it&#8217;ll never work but I think it&#8217;s an Excel-lent idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Jamieson (@John_Jamieson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_Jamieson\/status\/697517996261171201\">February 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nA scatterplot problem woke me up out of a sound sleep. This is why we can&#8217;t have nice things, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Excel?src=hash\">#Excel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 science_goddess (@science_goddess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/science_goddess\/status\/696992128023425024\">February 9, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bexyamy\">@bexyamy<\/a> Stop tweeting and get on with your excel work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 D Poskitt (@dposkitt1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dposkitt1\/status\/697041063639412736\">February 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Stop tweeting and get on with your Excel work http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/twitter20160212a.png\" alt=\"Stop tweeting and get on with your Excel work http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"397\" height=\"398\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Get Weekly Excel News By Email<\/h3>\n<p>To get Excel news and tips by email, add your name for the Contextures Excel newsletter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AW-Form-1834975337\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\tjs.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/37\/1834975337.js\";\n\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-z22n761cb\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets By<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Felix_Brehh\/status\/697329946063085568\">Felix_Brehh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macneacal\/status\/697745599450509312\">macneacal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomIPhillips\/status\/697203859882643456\">ThomIPhillips<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/someluckyday\/status\/695691691395780610\">someluckyday<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarianjeli\/status\/697075291710029824\">librarianjeli<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benlcollins\/status\/697081834493059072\">benlcollins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sck229\/status\/695669210748309505\">sck229<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xochristianna\/status\/697769682443571200\">xochristianna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesbos\/status\/697524560447594496\">wesbos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynicalgrinch\/status\/697400630005129216\">cynicalgrinch<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hannahroseeli\/status\/696723282691813376\">hannahroseeli<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nick_vale_\/status\/697127759781486593\">nick_vale_<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_Jamieson\/status\/697517996261171201\">John_Jamieson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/science_goddess\/status\/696992128023425024\">science_goddess<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dposkitt1\/status\/697041063639412736\">dposkitt1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A boss who is a boulder might not appreciate your new pivot table and VLOOKUP skills. 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