{"id":603,"date":"2018-10-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2018-10-15T12:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:28:47","slug":"happy-spreadsheet-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/happy-spreadsheet-day-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 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>Happy Spreadsheet Day 2018! Did you wake up early, to celebrate our favourite day of the year?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Spreadsheet Day Origins<\/h3>\n<p>How did Spreadsheet Day get started? Way back in 2010, I noticed that there were all kinds of &#8220;National Day of&#8221; events, but there was no Spreadsheet Day.<\/p>\n<p>So, to fix that problem, I started Spreadsheet Day. You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/about\/\">details on the About page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spreadsheet Day didn&#8217;t get much attention at first, but it&#8217;s growing every year. It was exciting to see that Dan Bricklin and Mitch Kapor <a title=\"tweeted about it last year\" href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/18\/spreadsheet-day-2017-wrap-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted about it last year<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h3>Why October 17th?<\/h3>\n<p>October 17th is the date for the annual Spreadsheet Day, because October 17, 1979, is when <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/spreadsheet-history\/visicalc\/\">VisiCalc was first released<\/a> \u2013 that was the first spreadsheet for personal computers. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/spreadsheet-history\/visicalc\/\">more about VisiCalc<\/a> in the Spreadsheet History section.<\/p>\n<h3>Celebrating Spreadsheet Day 2018<\/h3>\n<p>What will you do to celebrate Spreadsheet Day this year?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Build a fancy workbook, with charts pivot tables, and moving parts?<\/li>\n<li>Bake a multi-layered cake and invite all your co-workers to share it?<\/li>\n<li>Post a picture of your Spreadsheet day party on Instagram?<\/li>\n<li>All of the above?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you see any Spreadsheet Day stories or tweets, please let me know!<\/p>\n<p>_____________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spreadsheetday2018sda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Happy Spreadsheet Day 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spreadsheetday2018sda_thumb.png\" alt=\"Happy Spreadsheet Day 2018\" width=\"423\" height=\"423\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/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>Happy Spreadsheet Day 2018! 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