by Keidra Chaney | Jan 3, 2014 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Guest Blogger
I’ve written several blogposts referring to my friend (and fellow bassist) Keidra Chaney, and it’s a pleasure to have her as a guest blogger today. She and I share a passion for empowering people to work with data because we’ve seen that...
by Oz du Soleil | Dec 2, 2013 | Data Integrity, Data Management, Excel Geekdom, Spreadsheet Development, Spreadsheet Tidiness
October 2012, I posted a mild complaint about the ability to build a calculator in Excel and then publish online via ExcelWebApp. The Excel piece was easy. The WebApp piece was disappointing but was infinitely better than Google’s version. Yesterday a friend...
by Oz du Soleil | Nov 22, 2013 | Case Studies, Data Management, Data Management for Nonprofits
Last night I taught the 3rd of a 3-session private workshop in a nonprofit organization. The initial conversation was from the nonprofit’s IT Director, Margo, who requested, “We’re upgrading to Excel 2013 and would like someone to come in and show us...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 29, 2013 | Data Management, Excel Geekdom
This article at PowerPivotPro, Are We Data Scientists In Hiding? Or, Are We Formuleers? inspired me to finish this blogpost I started several weeks ago. At PowerPivotPro, Rob Collie asks what we should call ourselves other than “Excel Professionals”?...
by Oz du Soleil | Oct 11, 2013 | Data Management
Today’s blogpost is driven by a concern that experts are irresponsibly encouraging people “you can do this, too.” And those of us who want to learn a new expertise aren’t asking: what will it take for me to become effective? In the world of...
by Oz du Soleil | Sep 27, 2013 | Data Management
Today Chandoo posted an interesting blogpost on “The Best Excel Interview Questions.” This is interesting for many reasons. For one, in Excel forums this question comes up a lot in very different variations: Someone says they’re an Excel expert, how...
