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Online Excel Tutorials
Do you learn about Excel online, through blog posts, websites, or video libraries? I’d really appreciate your comments on these two questions: A. What kind of online Excel tutorials do you like best (explained below)? What type of online Excel … Continue reading
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Thinking About Excel
My friend, Heather Mak, asked if I’d like to be interviewed for her new online magazine, Five Takeaways. What key things should people know about Excel? What are its Five Takeaways? The magazine’s first article was about American Chinese food, … Continue reading
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Disaster Planning
Thirty years ago today, there was a huge explosion in Mississauga, when a train derailed, right in the middle of the city. I lived in Downsview, about 20 miles east, and felt the house shake, just before midnight, as though … Continue reading
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Working From Home
I’ve been travelling to a client’s office this week, finishing up an Excel project. Hope to have the work done soon, before the snow and H1N1 pandemic hit. It’s better to be working from home under those conditions! A short … Continue reading
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Adding a Policies Page
In April, Google announced that all sites that used AdSense advertising had to post a privacy policy. So, I looked at a few other sites, and cobbled something together, and posted it on my Contextures website. Recently, the FTC decided … Continue reading
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Creating Lists in Twitter
Funny. Only a day after I mentioned TweetDeck, and its Group feature, Twitter launched its new Lists feature. Now I can create lists, such as Excel and Microsoft, and include the people who I follow into one or more of … Continue reading
Cut Through the Twitter Clatter
Some Twitter users follow thousands of people, and join in hundreds of conversations every day. I follow just over 100 people (actually 123 – I like that number). Some of them are chatty, and others rarely post. Even with that … Continue reading
Wrapping Up the Excel Giveaway
On the Contextures Blog, I ran a week long Excel giveaway, with a nice collection of prizes from some generous sponsors. The entries included some hilarious Excel horror stories, and a few creative Excel Hallowe’en costume suggestions. I enjoyed reading … Continue reading
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Vanity URLs for Facebook Pages
It looks like Facebook has finally lowered or removed the minimum number of fans required to register a vanity URL for a page. When the vanity URL feature was first announced, a page needed 1000 fans. Then they reduced it … Continue reading
Online Tool To Help Publish VBA Code
On the Contextures website, I’ve got many pages with sample VBA code for Excel. When I feel ambitious, I colour the code before I publish it, using green for the comments, and blue for the keywords. For example, here’s some … Continue reading
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