by Oz du Soleil | Nov 26, 2014 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Last week I was in a cafe and saw 2 professional-looking middle-aged gentlemen at a table. One guy told the other how he’d advised someone not to take a computerized Excel exam as part of an interview. His personal experience was that those exams are just...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 28, 2014 | Data Management, Excel Geekdom
THE PINOCCHIO THEORY In 1977 Bootsy Collins released the hit song Pinocchio Theory. Its main warning is: If you fake the funk, your nose will grow There are a lot of long noses in the data world–specifically with folks who continually bash Excel and write its...
by Oz du Soleil | Sep 15, 2014 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Hey! ‘Sexy’ isn’t my word. It’s used twice in the New York Times article, For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights. ‘Sexy’ is used once each by Data Scientists Michael Cavaretta and Matt...
by Oz du Soleil | Jul 10, 2014 | Data Management
On Episode 12 of Excel TV I said a little about a trainee who started crying as I was teaching her the details of her new job. This story comes up in conversations around the challenges of working with data. This particular challenge was a complete data...
by Oz du Soleil | Apr 30, 2014 | Case Studies, Data Management
On 2APR14 I had the honor of Presenting at IgniteChicago and sharing the story about my first effort doing anything real with Excel. That 1 task lead to nearly daily use of Excel for the next 15 years. When I heard about IgniteChicago, I immediately submitted a...
by Oz du Soleil | Mar 17, 2014 | Data Management
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. There’s a lot going on, and it’s all about Excel y’all! 2014: Excel is on the come-up Many of us in the Excel community are taking different approaches to get the word out about Excel’s newest...
