Importing table-formatted data from web pages is a very handy feature of Microsoft Excel, and probably not very well known. To demonstrate the steps, I made two short videos covering both Windows and Mac versions of Microsoft Excel…
Here’s a list of all the technical podcasts I’m currently listening to – my “top 7”. I have a longer commute now and whether in the car or the train, I’ve had lots of time to keep up. I’ve branched out and tried a LOT of different shows but these are the ones I’ve stuck with…
Several months ago I shared my script for exporting Twitter friends into CSV format, suitable for importing into Excel or other spreadsheet programs. This week I made some slight improvements to my gist and discovered that someone else had forked it to create a version that exports your followers as well. The modified version for finding your followers is available on GitHub (jimbohne/5933586), and embedded below. Follow the installation steps if you want to try it yourself.
Yahoo! Sports was recently updated with an all-new design, following along with updates to other major sections of the site. There has been a lot of vocal feedback – common whenever a popular site has any design changes – but I’m warming up to it. I only have one complaint: the site doesn’t work correctly on Nexus 7 tablets.
Zapier is an interesting service I’ve been playing with lately. It’s somewhat similar to IFTTT, but with more of a business focus. In their words: Zapier enables you to automate tasks between other online services (services like Salesforce, Basecamp, Gmail, and 224 more). Imagine capturing Wufoo form leads automatically into Salesforce or displaying new Paypal sales in your Campfire team chat room. Zapier lets you automate all these simple tasks and get back to real work. One recent touch that was nice – they send periodic updates with new actions available in their services. The email updates are focused for…