by Oz du Soleil | Dec 23, 2013 | Case Studies
Let’s talk Data Visualization today because the Joshua Katz study “Beyond Soda, Pop, or Coke” is stirring folks up again! “I don’t sound anything like I’m from Boston!” “Arkansas?! I’ve never even visited...
by Oz du Soleil | Dec 5, 2013 | Case Studies, Excel Geekdom
Master Dawn Sardiñas, a friend, New Yorker, and co-founder of Gotham Martial Arts came through Chicago recently and we sat on the riverwalk at Whole Foods and chatted about all manner of things. Most interesting was what we notice as teachers: Students bring real life...
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”?...
