{"id":4049,"date":"2020-02-21T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2020-02-20T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:10:29","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20200221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/02\/21\/excel-tweets-roundup-20200221\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20200221"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do your co-workers ask you for Excel help, after things get swirly bad? Maybe they should spend less time playing Tic-tac-toe, and more time learning about macros. Unless Bill Jelen is right, and it&#8217;s the beginning of the end for Excel VBA!<\/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\">ya know some days you pick up ice creams sandwiches for work &amp; other days you go line by line through a 62,000 row excel spreadsheet it\u2019s all about balance<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 rebecca jacobs (@reb_jacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reb_jacobs\/status\/1230222685332004864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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\">my coworkers are playing tic-tac-toe in a shared excel file WITH MY BOSS<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (@jennidizon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jennidizon\/status\/1230253065359351808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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\">My face when the boss explains some features on excel and I still do it wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TooFlyCarter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TooFlyCarter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MPatrece?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MPatrece<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BPQcSUp8mK\">pic.twitter.com\/BPQcSUp8mK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oscar Garcia (@Ogarcia10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ogarcia10\/status\/1229629277265633280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 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\">If my job has taught me anything, it\u2019s that my Excel knowledge will take me wherever I want as long as my boss is 40 years old or older.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexander the Great (@NotActuallyAlex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotActuallyAlex\/status\/1230292934777589761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 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\">Is it Excel Hell or Pivot Table Purgatory? I\u2019m trying to get this destination just right.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pineapple Brooke (@pineapplepleas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pineapplepleas\/status\/1230168465832632320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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 made it to age 33, through multiple professions, without having to learn or use Excel: The Devil\u2019s Checkbook. Now a grad class I\u2019m in is just assuming I know how to chart data in it. Yeah, no. I\u2019m using paper and a marker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Christ (@Christ_Samantha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Christ_Samantha\/status\/1230303612007522306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 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 think if I knew how to make pivot tables on excel few years ago, my finances would look better<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BadGalRaRa (@rameesha07) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rameesha07\/status\/1230378781983924226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 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\">Very nice boss man at mums work said I could go to the office today so I wasn\u2019t left home alone he said I need some training on excel spreadsheets \u200d but I\u2019m such a good boy &amp; so quiet everyone forgot I was there <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dogsoftwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dogsoftwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bordercollie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bordercollie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/officedog?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#officedog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DogsBehavingVeryBadly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DogsBehavingVeryBadly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9n3g5J3I5O\">pic.twitter.com\/9n3g5J3I5O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Archie_Dog (@ArchieDog4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArchieDog4\/status\/1229868618575466498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 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 got tons of other priorities but I often get called to being chief excel monkey for the day and it sets me behind on all my other work. And the situation is usually this swirly kind of bad by the time it hits my desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YC (@yyycee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yyycee\/status\/1230200111994560512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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: i would like to copy and paste this chart<br \/>\nexcel: *crashes*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hiatus \u2764 (@sinistreuphoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinistreuphoria\/status\/1230227000872198144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 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\">For my tradfin \/ boomer followers, let&#8217;s share some stories of what used to be considered high-tech finance.<\/p>\n<p>Mine: my boss at CS Tokyo in 2007 would show off his Excel 2003 spreadsheets, which were just his recorded VBA macros.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d make sure not to add unnecessary movements<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Su Zhu (@zhusu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zhusu\/status\/1229569436044029952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 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\">They\u2019re taking my white board away at work and replacing it with a large monitor, and only Word\/Excel will be downloaded. I am NOT ok with with this<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VeniVidiVici (@VeniVid93112126) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeniVid93112126\/status\/1230511189794398208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 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\">Mary Ellen: What are you doing today?<br \/>\nBill: Creating a video called &#8220;The beginning of the end&#8221;.<br \/>\nMary Ellen: That sounds ominous. Global warming?<br \/>\nBill: No &#8211; the death of <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><br \/>\nMary Ellen (shakes her head): Geek&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0s7tblKtqy\">pic.twitter.com\/0s7tblKtqy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Jelen (@MrExcel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrExcel\/status\/1230489940254953473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 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>Is the end near for Excel macros?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200221a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Is the end near for Excel macros?\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200221a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Is the end near for Excel macros?\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200221b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Is the end near for Excel macros?\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/exceltwitter20200221b_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Is the end near for Excel macros?\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do your co-workers ask you for Excel help, after things get swirly bad? 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