Hi there,
Welcome to Pointy Haired Dilbert. Over the last few weeks, we have seen huge influx of new members in our little community. So I am writing this to welcome you.
This is a site for people who want to tell stories using charts and data. Although we focus more on learning Microsoft Excel, we have hundreds of useful resources on data visualization, dashboards, charting best practices and data analytics.
My name is Chandoo, I am from India, but I travel around the globe frequently and have worked in 7 countries in last 3 years. I have started writing PHD in 2004, mostly to tell my friends and family about my b-school life. The blog became an excel and charting community in 2007 and has been growing strongly ever since. In year 2009, I have received the MVP award from Microsoft. Just few days back I have become a dad too…
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Here is a list of 5 things about PHD that you probably don’t know,
Comprehesive resources to help you make an excel dashboard
That is right. We have a good selection of articles, tutorials and free downloadable templates to help you with your excel dashboards. There is a 6 part tutorial on making KPI dashboards using excel guest authored by Robert from Clearly and Simply.
Click here to see the excel dashboard section of the site.
Learn 51 Everyday Excel formulas in plain English
You can learn almost all the eveeryday excel formulas using the learn excel formulas section of the site. You can even buy the e-book version of it, which has 75 formulas in a much more learner friendly format.
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Free Excel Downloads & Templates
We have a huge collection of free, downloadable excel templates, chart templates, excel utilities, excel games and much more in the free excel downloads section of the site.
Click here to see the downloads section.
Free Excel E-books
We have 2 free excel e-books on the site.
(1) 95 Excel & Charting Tips to make your 9 to 5 better
(2) Excel Ribbon Learning Guide
These books present great content in a fun & easy to learn way.
Ask an Excel question in our Discussion Forums
Recently we have added a discussion forum to PHD. In the discussion forum you can ask any excel or charting related question and get help from other members.
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Welcome once again. I hope you are learning and enjoying this place as much as we like to learn and share. Have a fun week ahead.
30 Responses to “Great News: Chandoo becomes MVP”
Congratulations! It's well deserved. 🙂
This is amazing. Hearty congratulations and a rocking new year ahead!!!
Congrats! I have learnt alot from your site... and the most important is learning how to achieve the most with the simplest concepts.
Thanks for the excel calendar. Is it possible to get a simple big fonted calendar printable on an A4 size paper without any distracive notes or visuals? BTW, I have already signed up for your newsletter. With warm regards and
Gratefully yours
50+ year old CHarish.
Hey Chandoo,
Great to hear that. Congratulations! The best new year gift, I would say. Keep it up, u've been doing extraordinary work for the excel users community.
Regards,
Pankaj Verma
Congrats dude... fantastic news!
congratulations! your site is great, this is well deserved
Rich
I recently found your site, I visit many. The tips that you provide are in the top 1% of all the sites I visit. Keep on Excelling.
Arnold
South Africa
Congratulations, Chandoo! That's a great way to start the year and make the PHD even better.
Congratulations, Chandoo.
Your site is one of most useful on the net. Happy new year and lot of ideas you will present for us.
Congrats.
Just read your name in an email from Abhishek. Well deserved.
Congratulations, and Happy New Year.
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro my friend! You trully deserve it!
Nive way to start 2009! Keep up the good work!
FC
That was quite forseeable , so you have now really got your PhD in excel.
Anyways Chandoo you have made excel a real Fun doo
I will like you to write some more on INDEX and MATCH function in near future.
@Hey Chandoo ! Congrates....
Ab to treat mangta hai !
Well deserved Chandoo!!
Congrat's!! Very well deserved 🙂
i always browsed mr.excel and used to see MVP writtne below names of people who used to solve queries in excel forum there......i just used to admire as to what they have special in them that they are MVP......
but now i got my answer...............u deserve it man..........
@All: thanks everyone 🙂
Congratulations Chandoo, nice job!
Chandoo,
A well deserved recognition and a good start to the New Year. Continue your good work.
Subbu
Many Congratulations.
You deserve a Ph.D. 🙂
congrats.....
Congrats dude. Rock on!
[...] charting community in 2007 and has been growing strongly ever since. In year 2009, I have received the MVP award from Microsoft. Just few days back I have become a dad [...]
Respected sir,
I am impressed!.... Good job done.. Keep it up...
Sir, How to be a MVP certified person. What level of knowledge is required for it? send me links if possible.
Please reply...
Regards,
Dipak Khalasi.
Dipak -
The first thing you need to cultivate is the ability to search the web effectively. You could start by Googling "Microsoft MVP".
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Congrats Chandoo!!
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