by Oz du Soleil | Jan 26, 2015 | Being a Good Analyst, Case Studies, Data Management, Excel Geekdom
Kevin Lehrbass of My spreadsheet Lab posted this video Sunday night and there are aspects of it that need to be highlighted while it’s still hot out of the oven. PEOPLE PROCESSES TOOLS In keeping with a recent theme of People-Processes-Tools, Kevin’s video...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 23, 2015 | Data Management, Excel Geekdom
Please forgive me because I’m blogging while angry. I’ve read a few articles that compare R and Excel and I’m steamed. But first: why does this matter? Why respond? Shiny New Thing Syndrome is easy to fuel with a comparison of options. Rather than...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 20, 2015 | Data Management
Last year I wrote a blogpost describing Excel as the Dennis Rodman of business intelligence tools. In the blogpost I described events where data management and data scientists got together, and Excel skill was welcomed in a very odd way. Like the NBA player, Hall of...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 8, 2015 | Data Integrity, Data Management
Two must-read articles as we start managing our data in 2015: What End of Year Data Predictions Mean by Jordan Goldmeier, Cambia Factor CEO, Excel MVP and co-host of ExcelTV. Technology Can’t Ever Solve the Information Management Problem by Joe Shepley, VP and...
by Oz du Soleil | Jan 4, 2015 | Spreadsheet Development, Spreadsheet Tidiness
My friend Mike asked, “is Excel for the common man?” The answer is yes, but I had to find a good example for someone who’s recently retired and has no workplace need for Excel. But, wherever there’s data, there’s opportunity to use Excel....
