What Your Date's Bookshelf Says About Them

[Phoenix Dark]

What the hell is Quicken?

Annual runner up to game of the year, behind Excel.

[StealthFan]

I can't read books on my laptop. I downloaded all the Malazan books and couldn't get through a page. I need a physical book.

[Tasty]

What the hell is Quicken?

Software that people use to do actual work; you'd be unfamiliar, naturally.

How much you make a year breh?

[Steve Contra]

What the hell is Quicken?

Annual runner up to game of the year, behind Excel.

I got to work on later versions of some workbooks that were used to create Diablo 2.  It was pretty much the highlight of my career in games

[Steve Contra]

Also excel mastery is some rpg level shit.  You see what normal folks can do with it, then like, mbas, and then like accountants, and then engineers like my wife, and then you get to grey bearded stat narbos and you see what excel is really about.

[Kara]

Typing = in Excel and a list of mysterious functions known only by Lovecraftian nightmares appears.

[studyguy]

Also excel mastery is some rpg level shit.  You see what normal folks can do with it, then like, mbas, and then like accountants, and then engineers like my wife, and then you get to grey bearded stat narbos and you see what excel is really about.

=if(this_works,I_keep_my_job,I'm_fired)

I used excel a ton in my last job, a completely different database style now tho... so I've forgotten everything tbh.
I was doing some VBA macros at some points, now I can't recall what the fuck.

[chronovore]

I can't read books on my laptop. I downloaded all the Malazan books and couldn't get through a page. I need a physical book.

No-one reads on a laptop; that crap is uncomfortable. Reading on a phone is only slightly less so. Get the cheap-ass Kindle and enjoy the lovely e-ink page.

[tiesto]

Also excel mastery is some rpg level shit.  You see what normal folks can do with it, then like, mbas, and then like accountants, and then engineers like my wife, and then you get to grey bearded stat narbos and you see what excel is really about.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/04/how-an-accountant-created-an-entire-rpg-inside-an-excel-spreadsheet/

[Rufus]

I can't read books on my laptop. I downloaded all the Malazan books and couldn't get through a page. I need a physical book.

No-one reads on a laptop; that crap is uncomfortable. Reading on a phone is only slightly less so. Get the cheap-ass Kindle and enjoy the lovely e-ink page.

I've seen a guy on a bus hold a netbook sideways. If repetitive strain from keyboard jockeying hasn't wrecked his wrist yet, this will have done it.

I use mine to read in bed. With the right screen settings and an appropriate background colour it's not that bad. The heat on your crotch is the biggest issue, especially now in summer.