Excel Nation is Alive!

Greetings!  This is the first official blog post of the website: ExcelNation.net.  If you’re reading this then the website launch was a smashing success.  My name is Matt Mickle and I’m an Excel enthusiast, who not so long ago had never heard of the little thing called a spreadsheet, that has become such a vital part of my day to day life.  As I think back, I can’t quite recall when I first opened a spreadsheet or entered data into the magical grid that I now call home, but I do remember being asked to perform a routine task that involved the sum function.  This ordinary task was my ‘rabbit hole’ into the world of Excel.  I was perplexed by how a software application could take numerical information and summarize it with such ease.  It wasn’t long after, that I got to wondering what else this little program could accomplish. 

In short order, I bought the first of many Excel reference books.  I can visualize the white and green cover of the book as I type, it was called: ‘Excel 2007: The Missing Manual’ and it literally changed my life.  I consumed this 500-page behemoth in a single weekend and after that I was never the same.  It was this moment that my eyes opened to the business world and it’s many puzzles.  After, reading this book I began asking questions on the MrExcel Forum and before long I found that I had a knack for formulas as well as Visual Basic Code.  With this new skill set I found a great passion, that has made all the difference.  Being good with Excel has not only skyrocketed my confidence but my career along with it. 

This website is meant to be a place for me to share my passion for Excel with the masses.  I hope that you find what you’re looking for and much more.

Acknowledgement:

The only reason this project is possible is because of the hard work and dedication of my good friend Rob Scott.  A developer by trade, but a saint by nature, Rob has taken my vision and transformed it into a piece of art.  He’s stayed the course through revision after revision and connected my disparate and fleeting ideas into something of substance.  Thank you, brother!