Now that I’ve covered the basics of how to use a spreadsheet to get a high level overview of something by using graphs, it’s time to go to the other extreme. Spreadsheets can make it very easy to work with… Read moreDetailed Lists

Now that there are a fair number of project posts, I thought it might be good to post templates for each of them. They’re all available on Google docs. I used formatting to clearly identify various elements. Yellow background: This… Read moreTemplates: Projects 1-4

The United States government relatively recently passed some credit card reforms, requiring credit card companies to tell borrowers how long it will take to pay off their debts if they only pay the minimum balance. But what if you pay… Read moreProject 4: Line charts & debt payments

I have a friend who’s not very fond of numbers. I suspect they reside in the same part of her brain as potentially hostile dogs and IRS auditors. She’ll deal with them when she has to, but if there’s too… Read moreProject 3: Pie charts & household budgets