Spreadsheet Day 2020 Roundup
Thanks for celebrating Spreadsheet Day 2020. Here is a roundup of some of the day’s special events and tweets.
Toronto Excel User Group
On Wednesday, October 14th, the Toronto Excel User Group (TEUG) had an online Spreadsheet Day celebration, focussed on the history of Excel. There were 3 renowned spreadsheet experts on the panel:
- Dan Fylstra – founder and President of Frontline Systems Inc. (Solver). Co-founded company that brought VisiCalc to market
- Rob Collie is C.E.O. and Founder of P3 (Power Pivot Pro). Led the BI-focused team within Microsoft Excel and later shaped Power Pivot v1.
- David Monroy – Senior Program Manager on Excel team at Microsoft. Has worked on data types from Power BI, formula errors, file performance, and more.
- The panel discussion was interesting and informative, and if you missed the event, you can watch this recording from the TEUG YouTube channel
Video Timeline
- 0:00:00 Introduction
- 0:13:00 Panel Introduction
- 0:14:00 Daniel Fylstra
- 0:25:30 Rob Collie
- 0:44:30 David Monroy
- 1:08:00 Discussion
Spreadsheet Day Visualizations
On October 17th, a space-themed Excel visualization challenge, was announced, and you have until November 2nd to submit your entry.
The contest is part of the Day of Data / World Spreadsheet Day that was organized by Microsoft and NASA.
- To get the challenge details, go to the Day of Data Visualization Challenge page, on the Microsoft site.
- Download the space data set from that page
- Answer the questions that were written by Bill Jelen (Mr. Excel)
- Add your own “wildcard” analysis
- Submit your entry in the Day of Data discussion space
Then, after you enter, or even if you don’t enter, vote for your favourite entries on the Day of Data discussion space.
Spreadsheet Day Tweets
There were lots of Spreadsheet Day tweets on October 17th, and here are a few of my favourites.
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Brian Bilston re-posted his spreadsheet-themed poem – Inglorious in Excelsis
It’s #SpreadsheetDay today, apparently, so here’s a poem in a spreadsheet. https://t.co/G7ztFbWlSW
— Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) October 17, 2020
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Microsoft’s Excel team wished everyong a Happy Spreadsheet Day!
Happy #SpreadsheetDay from the Excel Team! #TogetherMode pic.twitter.com/TlFUJ7PKly
— Microsoft Excel (@msexcel) October 17, 2020
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Lauren is a true spreadsheet fan, and I hope her wedding went well!
Nice, getting married on #SpreadsheetDay and the wedding was entirely planned in @msexcel Very on brand of me https://t.co/lOyb6jPlLB
— lauren (@_lalalalalalaur) October 15, 2020
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Stephen Hay posted a link to this 2014 article
+ an old favourite: When Spreadsheets reorganized how we think about how to think by @StevenLevy
#SpreadsheetDay 3/ https://t.co/zajudQxnMs— Stephen Hay (@Hay_Stephen) October 16, 2020
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Some spreadsheet history from Tiller Money
The First #Spreadsheets Paved Way for the Internet World We Love Today: https://t.co/XMlLhiJJ0R #SpreadsheetDay #spreadsheetnerdsunite pic.twitter.com/6k6ozKXKtn
— Tiller Money (@tillermoney) October 16, 2020
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And last, but certainly not least, this lovely comic strip by SBJCT, of The SBJCT Project.
Happy Spreadsheet Day!#SpreadsheetDayhttps://t.co/5VcdO5lEct pic.twitter.com/6pYwtWlfXv
— SBJCT (@TheSBJCTProject) October 17, 2020
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Spreadsheet Day 2020 Roundup
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