{"id":3935,"date":"2019-11-01T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3935"},"modified":"2019-11-01T09:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:47:44","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20191101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/11\/01\/excel-tweets-roundup-20191101\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20191101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Excel always open when you&#8217;re at work? And at home? Be careful \u2013 that could lead to spreadsheet-related anxiety!<\/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\">One of the greatest tragedies of work in 2019 is how Excel has the ability to decide if a value should be counted instead of summed in a pivot table, and is wrong 99% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Bush (@scottbush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottbush\/status\/1189559696212004869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">My family are trying to get excel to work<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lewis_ebooks (@buxton_ebooks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buxton_ebooks\/status\/1189865497338294272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">I saw someone on LinkedIn saying in PPC interviews they give the candidate pen and paper to work out maths problems.<\/p>\n<p>I would fail everytime.<\/p>\n<p>Now give me excel in the same scenario and I&#8217;ll create basic formulas so you never have to do maths on paper again \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Wright (@scright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scright\/status\/1189804103091793921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">I have to work off someone else&#8217;s excel doc and it&#8217;s full of formatting, spelling, and colour coding errors, and I am getting spreadsheet related anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Renee Simpson (@reneesimpson97) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reneesimpson97\/status\/1189654218786758656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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&#8217;m here for pivot tables, approaches to alternate-row shading, and using excel as a games programming platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Vasile (@jamesvasile) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesvasile\/status\/1189704773794238466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Okay, I got my Excel map to work!<\/p>\n<p>Next step is get the borders auto-populating based on the adjacency relationships between each cell, but this is already pretty cool!<\/p>\n<p>(Data are imputed left-right lean per electoral district for a hex map of the 2019 Canadian Federal election.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xxDguAcLhb\">pic.twitter.com\/xxDguAcLhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steffen Christensen (@Wikisteff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wikisteff\/status\/1189583073144442880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Wanting to storm the beaches in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BattlefieldV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BattlefieldV<\/a> but currently at work storming the worksheets of Excel \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udfdd\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KB9gGspsCw\">pic.twitter.com\/KB9gGspsCw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AC3 4SS4SS1N (@ac34ss4ss1n) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ac34ss4ss1n\/status\/1189900482900307968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">I\u2019m really going through it at work rn I can\u2019t find the bullet points option on excel and I\u2019m tearing up<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 esme (@mesmea_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mesmea_\/status\/1189899901368446976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Other important orders of business today:<\/p>\n<p>1. Updating my desktop background with a fireworks wallpaper.<\/p>\n<p>2. Creating formulas in Excel to work out my tax and National Insurance for the year so I know how much to put aside and crying.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Kincaid (@lhkincaid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhkincaid\/status\/1189587905175576576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Words of advice to all college students in their last year of college: LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT EXCEL<\/p>\n<p>Excel can either:<\/p>\n<p>A: Make work 10000x easier<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>B: Make your life a living hell<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar Earl Spilner (@OH_MAH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OH_MAH\/status\/1189604976428900352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">When you download a CSV, create an excel workbook and save as a CSV losing all that work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stuart Nicholls (@SG_Nicholls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SG_Nicholls\/status\/1189897210470817793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Me: *tries to work from home*<\/p>\n<p>Internet: Um no, I don&#8217;t think so. It raining &amp; ur satellite is weak.<\/p>\n<p>Me: UGH. Okay, going to local library, it&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n<p>Library internet: Umm, yeah, you&#8217;re gonna have to keep agreeing to my terms &amp; conditions every 30min<\/p>\n<p>Excel: *freezes every 10min*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 y&#8217;lime (@stinky_klink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stinky_klink\/status\/1189579560188137472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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\">Need to stop lying on my CV about Excel. Someone in work the other day was like \u201cNikita you\u2019re good with excel aren\u2019t ya, come and look at this for me\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When I tell you I was sat there for 5 mins looking at the screen with them going \u201chmmm, that is a tricky one isn\u2019t it\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/twsdzWSqFA\">pic.twitter.com\/twsdzWSqFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAILY OFFENDER \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\udde8 (@SoulSmellsofAmi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoulSmellsofAmi\/status\/1189583467522220032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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 never would have guess how much of my work life would depend on constantly having excel open. \ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chrissy Explains It All (@LadyBird_Pgh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LadyBird_Pgh\/status\/1189539785171443712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 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<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>Can&#8217;t do math without Excel!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mathexcel01a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"mathexcel01a\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mathexcel01a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"mathexcel01a\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mathexcel01b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Can't do math without Excel!\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/mathexcel01b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Can't do math without Excel!\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Excel always open when you&#8217;re at work? 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