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Excel Hero

I follow every English language Excel blog on the planet. There are lots of good ones, but the one I like best is Daniel Ferry's Excel Hero. His downloads are simply awesome.

From his "About" section:

I cut my Excel teeth on very early versions in the early 1990s. Before that I used Lotus123. I am completely self taught in the Excel arena and gained most of my knowledge while creating systems to run a large logistics company that I managed for 15 years. I've had hundreds of clients and successfully completed thousands of projects since.

Is he an Excel MVP? I missed the last two MVP Summits, and I hardly keep up with MVP stuff any more, so I don't know. If he's not, he should be.

- Reader Comments -

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1. By Ross. Comment posted 20 April, 2010 6:23am

   Yep agree, he's got a knack of making great looking charts, always some good stuff on Excel Hero
2. By sam. Comment posted 20 April, 2010 8:30am

   "Is he an Excel MVP? ....If he's not, he should be"
   Second that.... and so should
   Ivan F of xcelfiles
   Bastien of ASAP Utilites
   Fabrice of Excel Sparklines .........and many others who have contributed enormously to the excel community.
   
   
   "I hardly keep up with MVP stuff any more"
   It seems people at MS dont bother much either...which explains many deserving exclusions from the MVP lists...but then with a 90% market share you dont need to be bothered about your selfless brand ambassador
3. By m-b. Comment posted 20 April, 2010 1:32pm

   It's definitely the most original Excel blog I've come across. I would like to see more of how he uses the techniques from his 'entertainment' Excel files in business applications though. I can imagine he has built some very interesting reports and dashboards.
4. By Daniel Ferry. Comment posted 20 April, 2010 2:05pm

   John,
   
   Well now I'm speechless. Thank you so much for that unexpected compliment!
   
   I'm not an MVP, but I'm hoping they'll consider my contribution at some point. Right now I'm just trying to share my ideas in an interesting way.
   
   @m-b, there's much more coming!
   
   Regards,
   
   Daniel Ferry
   excelhero.com
5. By Mavalot. Comment posted 25 April, 2010 3:40pm

   Some of the best charts I've ever seen. No way I can figure out how to do that stuff.
6. By Martha. Comment posted 15 May, 2010 9:32am

   Thanks for the link to Excel Hero - So much great stuff there that I've never seen anywhere else.
7. By Tom. Comment posted 24 May, 2010 6:58am

   Amazing blog. It's like the cutting edge of Excel science, inspiring creative solutions to real world problems. Thanks for the link!