(And Why So Many People Misunderstand It) By Hiran de Silva Introduction: A Word That’s Been Misunderstood The word database has been so loosely used on social media...
What My Engineering Mind Discovered About the State of Excel Education By Hiran de Silva My engineering mind has always worked in a particular way.It doesn’t just ask...
By Hiran de Silva A friend saw my CD collection and asked,“Can I borrow this one?” I said, “No — my moral standards forbid it. You should buy your own.”He agreed… then...
By Hiran de Silva Every few months, the topic of plagiarism resurfaces on LinkedIn — often when one educator recognises their own material being used elsewhere...
By Hiran de Silva Good morning, Ethan. The woman you’re looking at is Miranda Cole. She runs the supply chain administration for a fast-growing apparel business. When...
By Hiran de Silva A few days ago, I set up my computer to play an online course titled Advanced Excel Automation.Then, as an experiment, I sat my neighbour’s cat in...
By Hiran de Silva That’s the reaction I often get when I demonstrate one of my enterprise-grade Excel solutions. To the literal spreadsheet user — someone who still sees...
By Hiran de Silva NOTE This is the narration for a video explainer and demo. There are two ways people usually learn Excel. The first is feature-based learning — the...
By Hiran de Silva Or: Much ADO About Everything!Or: How Satya Nadella stole my idea – FOUR years earlier! It began, as these things often do, by accident. I had...
By Hiran de Silva When we talk about Excel today, what comes to mind for most people is a personal productivity tool — a digital notebook for calculations, lists, and...