Photographic Fridays #10 – At the Niagara Falls
The sky, the greenery and the instant rainbows at Niagara falls are mind blowing. We had great fun at the falls last weekend. I took several photos, here is one for you savor during the weekend.
5 wonderful visualizations you must see [Aug 22]
Every week Pointy Haired Dilbert celebrates the art of chart making by sharing 5 of the most beautiful, innovative and effective infographic ideas from various sites. Click here to see the visualizations featured earlier. Pop, Soda or Coke? – Countywise terms used for sweetened carbonated water The pop-vs-soda map tells how marketers have been effective […]
Tiger Woods walks on water to please a fan – Awesome advertising
Look at the power of conversation. A fan posted on youtube showing an apparent glitch in Tiger Woods 08 video game that you can walk on water to hit a golf ball. What did Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods do? They post a response to that video advertising Tiger Woods 09 saying that “its not […]
Display symbols in excel chart axis
Here is a quick excel tip to make your charts look professional by showing symbols in the axis labels instead of text. Just follow these 4 simple steps: First identify the symbols you want to show on the axis or as data label from symbol fonts like webdings, wingdings or a custom dingbat font like […]
Creating KPI Dashboards in Microsoft Excel [Part 1 of 6]
Creating KPI Dashboards in Microsoft Excel is a series of 6 posts by Robert. This 6 Part Tutorial on KPI Dashboards Teaches YOU: Creating a Scrollable List View in Dashboard Add Ability to Sort on Any KPI to the Dashboard Highlight KPIs Based on Percentile Add Microcharts to KPI Dashboards Compare 2 KPIs in the […]
Dell tells me to buy a finger print reader in order to have another color on the system
This is hilarious or there is a color technology out there that requires to scan my finger print in order to show the “bunch o surfers” or some other design on my laptop skin. Really Dell? see it on the dell site, just select the color scheme as “bunch o surfers”
It is show time baby! – better designer clocks to display time in your spreadsheets
My polar clock using donut charts in excel started a conversation and readers have been awesome enough to download the excel and create their own clocks to show time. Even though the idea of this blog is share the little that I know with you, it is amazing how much I have learned from you […]