Posts Tagged ‘Misc’

Walkenbach Calls it Quits

September 2nd, 2010

We interrupt today's blog post to bring you this announcement. Yesterday, John Walkenbach announced that this will be his last month as a Microsoft Excel MVP.

If you don't know who John Walkenbach is, he's the guy with the hat on all your Excel books.

 

Personally, I'm disappointed that he won't be going to any more of the Microsoft MVP summits. I was at the last Summit he attended and I almost had a heart-attack from all the laughing we did.

I don't know many of the Microsoft MVPs – but he's one of the few I really like.

 

In any case, I don't think this means he's dying or going senile. But if he is, I've got dibs on replacing him on the Excel Bible series.

 

To learn more about what makes John Walkenbach tick, check out my heart-warming interview with him.

Workplace Bathroom Tip

August 26th, 2010

Here's a tip for all you cool dudes who like to wear your security badges on your belt.

Take your badge off your belt before you have a go at the toilet. 

Everyone can see exactly who's releasing the toxic fumes. 

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Some Bacon Love

August 20th, 2010

Every now and then, one of my 12 fans asks me about the Saturday Bacon Recipes I used to post here.  You may have noticed I've stopped posting them.  Why?  Mostly because of the book schedules I was committed to.  Now that I'm done with books, I can start the recipes back up again.

A few loyal Bacon-ites have been sending recipes my way, so this Saturday, the Bacon Love resumes.

To get in the spirit, I'll share this educational link that Chris sent me. Thanks Chris, I've learn so much from this nifty graphic. But I do believe they got a few things wrong.
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A Sampling of Spam

August 13th, 2010

When I started this blog over a year ago, I knew that 'Spam Comments' would be an issue. These are comments inserted into posts by web crawlers – typically containing links to sites trying to sell something.

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After Summer Training Events

August 9th, 2010

I always put on a couple of Live training events after the long hot summer.  This year, we'll do a couple post-summer events.  First, Xcelsius – we had such an overwhelming turnout and requests for another Xcelsius training event this year, we decided to put on another one. 

The second is my acclaimed Excel Power Analyst Boot Camp.  Do you know someone who is struggling and needs to get up to speed quickly with advanced Excel analysis and reporting?  Well, this is definately the course for them.


I hope you can all make it to one of these events.

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An Interview with Mike Alexander

July 30th, 2010

This is the last interview of my summer series, the 'Road of the Excel Bastards'. This series was my take on a series called Road of the Excel Masters started a long time ago by Excel MVP, Colo.

In his series, he would interview Excel gurus, asking them Excel related questions. In my version, I ask questions that have nothing to do with Excel.

 

Today's Excel Bastard is Mike Alexander!

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An Interview with Bill Jelen

July 29th, 2010

This is the last week of my summer series, the 'Road of the Excel Bastards'. This series was my take on a series called Road of the Excel Masters started a long time ago by Excel MVP, Colo.

In his series, he would interview Excel gurus, asking them Excel related questions. In my version, I ask questions that have nothing to do with Excel.

 

Today's Excel Bastard is Bill Jelen!

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An Interview with Ross Mclean

July 23rd, 2010

It's summer time and blog readership will be down. So I'm saving my good Excel and Access tricks for later. Right now, I'm continuing my 'Road of the Excel Bastards' series.

Today's Excel Bastard is Ross Mclean!

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An Interview with Chandoo

July 22nd, 2010

It's summer time and blog readership will be down. So I'm saving my good Excel and Access tricks for later. Right now, I'm continuing my 'Road of the Excel Bastards' series.

Today's Excel Bastard is Chandoo!

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An Interview with Debra Dalgleish

July 21st, 2010

It's summer time and blog readership will be down. So I'm saving my good Excel and Access tricks for later. Right now, I m continuing a series called 'Road of the Excel Bastards'.

This is my take on a series called Road of the Excel Masters started a long time ago by Excel MVP, Colo. In his series, he would interview Excel gurus, asking them Excel related questions.

In my version, I'm asking questions that have nothing to do with Excel. Let's get to know our Excel gurus through the prism of 10 stupid questions.

 

Today's Excel Bastard is Debra Dalgleish!

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