{"id":597,"date":"2018-10-12T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2018-10-11T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:24:31","slug":"get-ready-for-spreadsheet-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/12\/get-ready-for-spreadsheet-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for Spreadsheet Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d942c2121bfbd137a3b44056a000f09c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Top -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9531091850463532\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6574318169\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Are you ready? Spreadsheet Day 2018 is almost here \u2013 <strong>Wednesday, October 17, 2018<\/strong>. What celebration plans do you have for this year?<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Spreadsheet Day Beginnings<\/h3>\n<p>There is a &#8220;National Day of&#8221;\u00a0 or &#8220;World Day of&#8221; for almost everything you can imagine. Way back in 2010, I realized there wasn&#8217;t a Spreadsheet Day, so I started one! You can read the <a title=\"details on the About page\" href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">details on the About page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>VisiCalc Release Date<\/h3>\n<p>October 17th was selected as the celebration day, because that was the date, in 1979, when <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/spreadsheet-history\/visicalc\/\">VisiCalc was first released<\/a> \u2013 the first spreadsheet for personal computers. Read <a title=\"more about VisiCalc\" href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/spreadsheet-history\/visicalc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more about VisiCalc<\/a> in the Spreadsheet History section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-517 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/spreadsheetdaylogo02.png\" alt=\"Spreadsheet Day Logo\" width=\"389\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/spreadsheetdaylogo02.png 389w, https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/spreadsheetdaylogo02-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>We Love Spreadsheets<\/h3>\n<p>To help you get in the mood for Spreadsheet Day, Here are a few recent tweets from people who love spreadsheets. As you can see, spreadsheet can help you with all kinds of things!<\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I love spreadsheets I wish I could make my entire life a spreadsheet<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarahhhh (@sarahdactyl2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahdactyl2\/status\/1050416865519042560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I made a spreadsheet for expenses to see if i can afford a puppy and&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nif i can find a job that pays 16.25 an hour, the answer is yes, comfortably.<br \/>\nI love spreasheets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Countess Minerva VonSchatz, now a vampyre (@apfelmusser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apfelmusser\/status\/1049442918669438976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cGod I love a good spreadsheet\u201d &#8211; a real thing I just said out loud, in my room, alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexus (@alexuseffler_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexuseffler_\/status\/1049436477984309251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My future boyfriend is out there somewhere, completely unaware that someday he\u2019s gonna fall in love with the kind of fool who has a whole spreadsheet dedicated to Halloween couple\u2019s costumes she wants to do someday<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron (@camhope329) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camhope329\/status\/1048257971703046144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Living the dream &#8211; Friday afternoon spreadsheet heaven!!! Rock tunes on, empty office, workmen still building the wall&#8230;..love it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kerrie Heath (@HeathKat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeathKat\/status\/1048195430172033024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Things have been a bit unstable for the past few months, so my crush sending me a spreadsheet of my trip, two weeks ahead of my arrival, with meals and activities laid out including a spa day, is a joy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 leeeeeesaaaa (@Li_C_B) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Li_C_B\/status\/1049687857638645760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<h3>Get Ready for October 17th<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spreadsheetday2018prep01a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Get Ready for Spreadsheet Day 2018 \" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spreadsheetday2018prep01a_thumb.png\" alt=\"Get Ready for Spreadsheet Day 2018 \" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>______________<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you ready? 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