Excel
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 12, 2023 by Colin Zima · across every show →
Everything said about Excel, oldest first
Oct 12, 2023 positive
Zima: Omni supports third-party software in Slack to build trust
“If someone wants me to help them write SQL, or like, I don't know, debug something in Excel, like I'll go do something I do support for other people's products in Slack, because I just think it shows like a positive association with how much we care about thei…”
Dec 19, 2024 negative
Handy: Pre-2016 data tech treated analysts as non-technical users
“Data tech prior to 2016, always thought of data analysts as kind of low level, non-technical people. You can see that in Excel or Tableau or other products that like existed before that. Yeah, you can do powerful things with these products, but they're not fun…”
Jul 24, 2026 neutral
Noronha: Presentation AI is harder than spreadsheet AI due to subjective taste
“I think probably the biggest difference between the Excel workflow and the PowerPoint workflow is creativity and taste. There's less objective definition of what good looks like and there's much more room for the user and also the brand to express themselves. …”