{"id":4041,"date":"2020-02-14T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T16:40:42","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20200214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/02\/14\/excel-tweets-roundup-20200214\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20200214"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! Did you send a lovely card to your true love, Microsoft Excel? Or did you show your love and respect by avoiding 3-D charts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to Patrick Matthews for his contribution<\/em><\/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\">My manager complimented my skills at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msexcel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msexcel<\/a> (Excel)<\/p>\n<p>That made me ridiculously happy<\/p>\n<p>Brb I am going to the bathroom so he won\u2019t see me cry :,) lmao<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrea (@andreavillawolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andreavillawolf\/status\/1227353860764618752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/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\">2 years of Excel and I just learned today how to combine text and formatted numbers in one cell. It made my work a little easier. Yey<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 gembyyy (@gembyyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gembyyy\/status\/1227775953675411456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/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\">working on your own excel sheets: fun, organized, everything makes sense, all the tables work<\/p>\n<p>working on other people\u2019s excel sheets: bad, not fun, why is this sentence spread across 7 rows, how did you make this calculation so wrong<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Lebert (@tom_lebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_lebert\/status\/1227595023946067973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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\u2019ve learned more Excel doing fantasy baseball prep than I have in four years of college and many more in the finance industry (hope work doesn\u2019t see this!) so I would be in!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stav8818\/status\/1227439127165046784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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 feel the same about the way Excel gives you a choice between 2D and 3D bar charts. 3D is never the answer. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claire Hansell (@HansellThe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HansellThe\/status\/1227648454568050691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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 now told my boss dozens of times that I&#8217;ve been using computers since 1989, and on my last workday he very slowly mansplained how to open an Excel file. I think we&#8217;re making progress &#8211; he didn&#8217;t ask me if I&#8217;d heard of Excel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ufe0f\u200d (@GoreWhore3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoreWhore3\/status\/1227308512016990208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2020<\/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\">Trying to make some simple charts in Excel today, so beware falling computer monitors if you are in the vicinity of the Reuters Canary Wharf office<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lawrence White (@ReutersLawrence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReutersLawrence\/status\/1227522276712685568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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 someone asks me if I have time to help them solve an Excel problem <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DCyawnkGp0\">pic.twitter.com\/DCyawnkGp0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martin Leduc (@DecimalTurn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DecimalTurn\/status\/1227664716752920579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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 how all of high school and even the first two years of college teachers made us learn how to solve all problems by hand just to get to the 16th grade when you finally realize excel literally does everything for you<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Sheridan (@bennaayy_boyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennaayy_boyy\/status\/1227782097747763201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/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: finishes an excel spreadsheet with 3,000+ rows and 15 columns<br \/>\nMy boss: looks good now can you color code it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9l7JO7weYC\">pic.twitter.com\/9l7JO7weYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 destiny (@___dashhh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/___dashhh\/status\/1227653957926952963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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\">Everyone at work is like &#8220;You are so good at excel, can you help me with this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not, I literally just now how to filter and add things up, that&#8217;s it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This is Jen. (@ReidsLove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReidsLove\/status\/1227978115508572160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/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\">watching youtube excel tutorials on 2x speed at work after lying on my resume <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjH0VqJdAc\">pic.twitter.com\/tjH0VqJdAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nina (@howiiebling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howiiebling\/status\/1227777351980699648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2020<\/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\">You Google the solution to a problem in Excel one time and now you&#8217;re the office IT guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 *Barbatos (@snoopmeat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snoopmeat\/status\/1227676764559880193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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\">Currently wondering if I&#8217;ll write anything but an email, a handout or a spreadsheet ever again. My next creative work will be brought to you by Excel and will feature numbers as characters, columns as plotlines and sums as love interests. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/overworked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#overworked<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/understaffed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#understaffed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/amnotwriting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#amnotwriting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Taylor (@crystalclearjt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/crystalclearjt\/status\/1227658427171852290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2020<\/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>A 3-D chart is never the answer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200214a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"exceltwitter20200214a\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200214a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"exceltwitter20200214a\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200214b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"A 3-D chart is never the answer\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200214b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"A 3-D chart is never the answer\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day! 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