{"id":3702,"date":"2019-02-01T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3702"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T21:25:14","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20190201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/02\/01\/excel-tweets-roundup-20190201\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20190201"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever overdosed on spreadsheets? Do you spend enough time talking about pivot tables? Is there any Excel problem that someone hasn&#8217;t written about?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/talkpivottables01b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"We don't spend enough time talking about pivot tables\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/talkpivottables01b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"We don't spend enough time talking about pivot tables\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Here are my favourite Excel tweets, from this week&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve ruled out faking my own death to solve this problem, but maybe it would help if we collectively faked the death of Microsoft Excel?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Dobbs (@TimSDobbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSDobbs\/status\/1090425382619107328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">how I feel when I remember that I\u2019m an adult who does like, excel sheets at work and stuff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34fLs0HAIx\">pic.twitter.com\/34fLs0HAIx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirsten Johnson (@krstn_jhnsn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krstn_jhnsn\/status\/1090981620276957184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My husband, talking of someone we know, just said \u201cI\u2019m sure most of his life\u2019s problems could\u2019ve been resolved with an Excel spreadsheet\u201d and honestly I think this applies to every living human.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca (@Francesca_W_S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Francesca_W_S\/status\/1090164704411033600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Was just called \u201cMs. Excel\u201d at work, and I\u2019m not sure if I should be flattered or feel like the biggest loser. Thoughts ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Wilson (@lwilson8989) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwilson8989\/status\/1090776966918299654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fun story: in high school, my 9th grade programming class taught Excel first specifically to try to break Boy Wonders Who&#8217;d Been Programming Since They Were Three of their preconceptions about Real Programming.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t work so much on them, but it worked on me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 betsythemuffin (@betsythemuffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betsythemuffin\/status\/1090974664371752960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just helped a coworker with an Excel question. When I fixed his first problem, I realized he was planning to do each month &amp; year separately. I showed him how to group by year and month. Got a loud &#8220;Good God woman!&#8221; He is very happy now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Annika G (@annikagrace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annikagrace\/status\/1090721834113355776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1. Excel can be really dumb sometimes.<br \/>\n2. There is no problem in Excel that I will face that someone else hasn&#8217;t, and written about it.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eloKagLfZV\">https:\/\/t.co\/eloKagLfZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manan \u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@manan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manan\/status\/1091007272267010048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you prefer Google Sheets over Microsoft Excel, you\u2019re part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2627 Grass Tastes Good \u2627 (@TasteGrass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TasteGrass\/status\/1090286247761928194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you ever find yourself wanting to get angry, like out of control irritated and not able to control your rage, just work on an excel spreadsheet. It\u2019ll do the trick in no time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adds Clark (@MissAdds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissAdds\/status\/1090718114931650560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After you&#8217;ve learned VBA, there is always that moment when you need to choose the best method to solve a new problem&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Excel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Excel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Meme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Meme<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hjn1cRVwwz\">pic.twitter.com\/Hjn1cRVwwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martin Leduc (@DecimalTurn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecimalTurn\/status\/1090748524201947136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I knew I had a *real* problem when representing it on an Excel spreadsheet didn&#8217;t even help.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 erin (@erinidle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erinidle\/status\/1090747789213093888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I like to joke around that I&#8217;m an Excel junkie, so my boss put me to the test. Pretty sure I OD&#8217;d this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TGIF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TGIF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Susan P (@susanhiding) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/susanhiding\/status\/1089002301518475264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As a society I don&#8217;t think we spend enough time talking about how annoying it is that Pivot Table&#8217;s default to countif rather than sumif&#8230; Literally who is using Countif?!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cynthia (@cynthia_marc439) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynthia_marc439\/status\/1090392559463985152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Debating which email to send to a colleague:<br \/>\n1. I can\u2019t work in that Excel file while you have it open. Stupid.<br \/>\n2. I can\u2019t work in that Excel file while you have it open, Stupid.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A Going Dog (not a real dog) (@DogGoing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DogGoing\/status\/1090948685603749889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3>Excel Tweets Roundup<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading this week&#8217;s Excel tweets roundup, and see you back here soon!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s Excel meme: We don&#8217;t spend enough time talking about pivot tables!<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/talkpivottables01a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Excel meme: We don't spend enough time talking about pivot tables!\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/talkpivottables01a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Excel meme: We don't spend enough time talking about pivot tables!\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excel meme: We don&#8217;t spend enough time talking about pivot tables!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever overdosed on spreadsheets? 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