{"id":134,"date":"2010-03-15T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:22:54","slug":"the-spreadsheet-day-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/the-spreadsheet-day-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spreadsheet Day Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When should we celebrate <a title=\"Spreadsheet Day\" href=\"https:\/\/contexturesblog.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/15\/we-need-a-spreadsheet-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spreadsheet Day<\/a>?\u00a0 A few dates have been nominated, so it&#8217;s time to pick a day, and Jimmy Pe\u00f1a suggested a poll. The nominated dates are:<\/p>\n<p>Jan 26 &#8211; Ed, based on Lotus 1-2-3 release date<\/p>\n<p>Feb 29 &#8211; Mike Alexander, &#8220;I vote to have Spreadsheet Day on Leap Year. In part, because it pays homage to the old Lotus leap year bug. But mainly because it only comes once every 4 years, and I\u2019m fairly lazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apr 1 &#8211; Jon Peltier, &#8220;I want to overrule Debra and vote for April 1. The most fitting day of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aug 1 &#8211; Debra, because it represents A1, the first cell on a worksheet, and avoids the April Fools stigma<\/p>\n<p>Sep 5 &#8211; Chandoo, &#8220;It spells XL on phones when you type 95&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oct 17 &#8211; Ken Puls, &#8220;The first copy of VisiCalc for the Apple ][ (Version 1.37) went out the door on October 17, 1979.&#8221; (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.benlo.com\/visicalc\/visicalc4.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.benlo.com\/visicalc\/visicalc4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.benlo.com\/visicalc\/visicalc4.html<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2>What Date Will You Vote For?<\/h2>\n<p>Please vote for the Spreadsheet Day that you think is best, or suggest another date.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[Update] The Spreadsheet Day Poll has closed. Thanks for voting!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>__________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When should we celebrate Spreadsheet Day?\u00a0 A few dates have been nominated, so it&#8217;s time to pick a day, and Jimmy Pe\u00f1a suggested a poll. The nominated dates are: Jan 26 &#8211; Ed, based on Lotus 1-2-3 release date Feb 29 &#8211; Mike Alexander, &#8220;I vote to have Spreadsheet Day on Leap Year. 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