Spreadsheet Day 2019 Wrap Up

Thanks for joining in the celebrations for Spreadsheet Day 2019. Here is a roundup of the tweets that I saw yesterday. And remember, there’s no “National” in Spreadsheet Day.

Spreadsheet Day Tweets

Here’s the first tweet that I saw on Spreadsheet Day 2019, from Andy Gordon and the Calc Intelligence project at Microsoft Research.

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The next tweet was from Tiller – they’ve been big supporters of Spreadsheet Day.

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VisiCalc co-creator, Dan Bricklin, tweeted about Spreadsheet Day too.

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In honour of Spreadsheet Day, Microsoft’s Excel team held a live “Ask Microsoft Anything” event. Did you ask or answer any questions?

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More Spreadsheet Day Tweets

There were lots more tweets, throughout the day.

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This is an excellent question – Why didn’t the kids get the day off from school?

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Did you notice that some people added “National” to Spreadsheet Day? Please don’t do that! Spreadsheet Day is for everyone, not just one country.

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Kevin Lehrbass created a beer game for Spreadsheet Day, using Excel.

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Did spreadsheet skills help you get a job?

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The lucky people at Vena Solutions had cake at their celebration!

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There was a big party at Ohio_OBM, but no pictures of cake.

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Some people’s celebrations were slightly less enthusiastic.

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And I’m sure you know that the economy runs on spreadsheets.

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Do you remember the dot matrix paper that we had to print spreadsheets on?

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If you want a reminder for next year’s Spreadsheet Day, here’s a formula that you can use.

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And finally, a big thanks to everyone who has contributed to building the spreadsheet programs that we love!

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Spreadsheet Day 2019 Wrap Up

Spreadsheet Day 2019 Wrap Up

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