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Toronto, Eh?
In January I joined a software engineering team on a project in Toronto, Ontario, for the first time departing from my warm, familiar Excel-modeling blanket. Until boarding that inaugural flight, creating Excel models was my one and only jam, my professional bread and butter. Changing career paths is a daunting endeavor – there are many […]
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Grado iGi In-Ear Headphones Review
Santa was good to me this year. I’ll use the next few posts to talk about some of the shiny toys I’ve been playing with, but today I’d like to focus on my new headphones: Grado Labs iGi In-Ear Headphones. Grado Labs is a family owned company based out of Brooklyn, NY, probably best known for […]
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Dynamic Data Validation with Excel 2010 & 2013
It’s Christmas, and like many of you I find myself thinking about dynamic data validation using the structured tables that Microsoft introduced in Excel 2010. Welcome to my life. What’s Data Validation? When I say data validation I mean the ability to specify exactly what kind of data users may (or may not) enter into […]
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Mount ISO Images in Windows 8
Well, it took a long ass time but Windows users can finally do what Linux and Mac nerds have been able to do… for about as long as I can remember: mount ISO images without third-party tools. That’s right. Mounting ISO images in Windows 8 is as simple as right-clicking the ISO image file, then clicking Mount. […]
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How to Restart, Shut Down & Sleep in Windows 8
Microsoft’s been pretty busy lately, releasing a substantially redesigned Windows 8 just last week and putting the final touches on Office 2013 to be released in Q1 2013. I just installed Windows 8 a few hours ago, so this first post will address something which has already given many people heartburn: how the hell do we […]
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Ditch the Mouse: Quickly Select Excel Ranges With Your Keyboard
I’m going to write a lot about ditching the mouse in favor of keyboard shortcuts, so consider this one of many to come. And while we’re at it, get used to me spamming this next sentence throughout my shortcut posts: Using keyboard commands over hunting and clicking with the mouse will save you time. Period. Next time you […]