Excel Links of the Week [Oct 06]

on 6 Oct, 2008 in excel links | 1 Comment

What a Monday it is. Most of the us woke up to find that whatever we have been accumulating for the last few years in investment gains has been wiped out (BSE Sensex at 2 year low, Dow slips below 10000). Not a very pleasant way to start the week, but then may be this [...]

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Excel Links of the Week [Sep 29]

on 29 Sep, 2008 in excel links | 4 Comments

Excel Links of the Week [Sep 29]

Time for sharing another round of excel related articles around the web.
List of all data visualization and analysis excel add-ins, The list includes some of the really useful add-ins. Handy bookmark if you work with data visualization alot and need to know where to find good stuff to add to your excel capabilities.
Designing a [...]

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Visualizing Sex & Love - 10 Infographics You Must See

on 26 Sep, 2008 in Humor, cool infographics, ideas, visualization | 2 Comments

Visualizing Sex & Love - 10 Infographics You Must See

Dont think of me as a perverted spreadsheet user, I like visualizations in any form or shape. There is so much data even about human relationships like love and sex. This article shows 10 of the most visually beautiful and insightful of the infographics on sex and love.
Click on the titles above images to [...]

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Weekly Excel Links - Moved to Seattle Edition

on 22 Sep, 2008 in Excel Tips, excel links, visualization | 0 Comments

As mentioned earlier we have moved to Seattle this Sunday. It seems like a great place already. Just that everything is more expensive than we are used to in Columbus. But I guess that is the premium we have to pay for being in a big city.
On to this week’s edition of excellent excel [...]

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You are NOT spider man, so why do you use radar charts?

on 18 Sep, 2008 in Excel Tips, ideas, visualization | 15 Comments

You are NOT spider man, so why do you use radar charts?

There are few charts in excel that are as revolting as a radar chart. The purpose of a radar chart is to compare m options across n parameters so that audience can be convinced that option A is better than say option B. But, I am yet to come across a radar chart that tells [...]

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Visualization Challenge - How to show market share changes?

on 18 Sep, 2008 in Excel Tips, visualization | 12 Comments

Visualization Challenge - How to show market share changes?

One of our readers Jennifer mailed me with this excel charting problem she is having. I thought why not ask other readers for their advice on this. So here it goes:
The Charting Challenge - Visualizing Changes in Market Share
Here is an excerpt from her email:
The gist of my problem is how to show change-in-market-share between [...]

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Power Outage & 99 Excel Tips to keep you Busy

on 16 Sep, 2008 in Excel Tips, ideas | 1 Comment

We have a major power outage in Ohio due to a wind storm on Sunday. AEP, Our electric provider says that power would be restored to my area by this Friday midnight, that is almost 6 days without power. I will not be able to blog regularly during this period.
So here is a list [...]

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