The curse of the spreadsheet!
I recently wrote about the misuse of spreadsheets on the Swirrl blog.
Spreadsheets are great for some tasks. People love the informality, the flexibility and the instant results: in skilled hands, they can be very powerful. But “when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”… Read the full article.
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