{"id":3825,"date":"2019-07-26T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:14:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:14:52","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20190726","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/07\/26\/excel-tweets-roundup-20190726\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20190726"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know too much about pivot tables? Should you avoid making Excel charts at work? Don&#8217;t ask Frank to answer these questions \u2013 he doesn&#8217;t know anything about Excel.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Here are my favourite Excel tweets, from all the ones that I saw on Twitter this week.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If one of the languages in your arsenal isn&#8217;t Microsoft Excel, then you&#8217;ve probably spent too much time on throwaway data manipulation code. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSbwEXlgpR\">https:\/\/t.co\/YSbwEXlgpR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Todd Gardner (@toddhgardner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddhgardner\/status\/1154144427977428992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">The lengths I go to, to find a problematic leading zero in excel.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fml?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Mcall (@AndrewMcall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMcall\/status\/1147086125695213568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 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\">This has been a difficult day at work and then you have to work with your personal equivalent of &#8220;Frank who doesn&#8217;t know excel&#8221; \/screams<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alesserrain (Rai) (@alesserrain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alesserrain\/status\/1154291103006220288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 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\">Early on at my current posting I did a simple, but very nice excel spreadsheet &amp; chart. Ever since I\u2019ve been default excel expert despite having so little skill on it I have to google how to make simple changes in format. The lesson here is never do an excel chart at work. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 yonderbiscuit (@yonderbiscuit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yonderbiscuit\/status\/1154390251009400833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 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\">Goddamnit. Spent the last few days doing a ridiculous amount of Excel work and now my brain won\u2019t switch off! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s4ExkfobaV\">pic.twitter.com\/s4ExkfobaV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC Bradshaw (@curiouspenguin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curiouspenguin\/status\/1154123016294608897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">I always felt like this was like a job interview question where they ask your worst work habit and you answer I work too much. Or, I buy donuts too often. Or I\u2019m intimidating because I can work Excel perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lori (@thebutterknife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebutterknife\/status\/1153824306092101633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">since when did filling in disability related forms require corporate level knowledge of excel bc honestly if I complete this thing successfully I&#8217;ll probably get declared fit for work by default<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 custodian of the leg (@wheelygay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wheelygay\/status\/1154100115457617920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">Windows: &#8220;hi, I rebooted last night, all your work is gone lolz&#8221;<br \/>\n&lt;days later&gt;<br \/>\nMe: &#8220;Reboot now plz&#8221;<br \/>\nWindows: &#8220;I can&#8217;t, you ran Excel today and its ghost is still here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elan Ruskin (@despair) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/despair\/status\/1154119565711818752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">Up at 1am doing an excel spreadsheet and reading blogs on trip planning like I don\u2019t work in the morning <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yE0cDL1vF9\">pic.twitter.com\/yE0cDL1vF9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Quassont (@NtsoavgDrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NtsoavgDrey\/status\/1154258686266793984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 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\">TFW you were goofing off instead of making some Excel sheets, but then you try to do some and Excel crashes so you would have lost all the work you didn&#8217;t do anyway!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emmanuel Clement&#8217;s Brain (@IdealTrajectory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IdealTrajectory\/status\/1153813047183495169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 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\u2019m the Excel wizard at every single job I\u2019ve ever had. When I pass away, I want everyone who I\u2019ve ever helped on VLOOKUP &amp; if\/then formulas, pivot tables and slicers to commemorate me and start a spread sheet with every hack I\u2019ve ever shown them and break Microsoft Excel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amina (@AminaTheArtist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AminaTheArtist\/status\/1154062529477451777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 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\">Today at work I solved a problem that\u2019s been a reoccurring issue in the company for years and felt incredibly smart.<br \/>\nI also accidentally left something sitting on my keyboard and created an excel spreadsheet consisting of just several thousand 2\u2019s.<br \/>\nYou win some you lose some.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 syd (@SydneyRoost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SydneyRoost\/status\/1154180196741931008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 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 should have never leaked information about being excel certified&#8230;now anytime there is a pivot table question I get phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ayrielle Espinosa (@ayrespinosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ayrespinosa\/status\/1153745705066008577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 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 did you have a favourite?<\/p>\n<p>Never admit that you&#8217;re an Excel expert<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/excelexpert01a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"excelexpert01a\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/excelexpert01a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"excelexpert01a\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/excelexpert01b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Never admit that you're an Excel expert\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/excelexpert01b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Never admit that you're an Excel expert\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know too much about pivot tables? 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