spreadsheet enthusiast

I mean, in theory I know that Excel is based on the structure of earlier accounting technology that's been around for hundreds of years -- what do we think we did to track commerce before computers? -- but it still kind of blows my mind to, for example, look at my ancestor's journal from a whaling voyage in 1770 and see spreadsheets in the back.

Spreadsheets are older than written language as we currently understand it.

But who the heck remembers the detailed content of a warehouse full of beans, especially as you remove handfuls little by little? And can you imagine the arguments about whether your beer had been correctly counted, transported and exchanged if you're not even sure (and have proof) how many containers were sent?

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