by Oz du Soleil | Jan 2, 2015 | News
Over the past few years I’ve joined this activity of choosing 3 words as a theme for the new year. Chris Brogan started this back in 2006, and here’s his suggestion on how you can go about choosing your words: How to Choose Your Three Words Lots of people...
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 | Nov 10, 2014 | Excel Geekdom, Tips
The anti-VLOOKUP people are at it again, and let’s blame Sumit Bansal at TrumpExcel.com (of course, I’m joking). VLOOKUP Vs. INDEX/MATCH – The Debate Ends Here! is a blogpost that’s quite thoughtful in how it addresses something in the Excel...
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 | Oct 22, 2014 | Excel Geekdom, Tips
“Teach me Excel” is a tough request to satisfy because it’s so vague, and the person making the request doesn’t realize the bottomless possibilities within Excel. When the open-ended requests “teach me Excel” come to me,...
