Comments on: The Art of the Spreadsheet

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:48:50 +0000

mike, I don’t think he’s conflating it with art, I think he is asserting that it takes as much creativity as art. Or more, actually.

As a former actor, musician, and playwright, I would say he is spot on.

By: Ray Ingles

Ray Ingles — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:19:19 +0000

Yes, solving technical problems takes creativity, but there’s no need to conflate it with art.

That’s right, Mike. Something can only be art if it’s of no practical use!

By: mike

mike — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:06:24 +0000

Yes, solving technical problems takes creativity, but there’s no need to conflate it with art.

By: Joe DeVet

Joe DeVet — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:36:53 +0000

I’m a more-or-less seasoned traveler, with almost 50 years of flying experience. Even so, every time I get on an airplane I reflect on how the human ingenuity reflected there gives glory to God.

Not just the amazing machinery which can whisk 200 people to 30-thousand-plus feet and deposit us on time at a destination. Nor the skill of those up front, who can guide this huge machine to and fro. But the whole enterprise, organized to satisfy a want or need to move quickly, safely and comfortably from one place to another on the globe.

Praise God for the privilege of being human, created in His image, with the ability to exercise such dominion over the creation entrusted to us!

By: Ray Ingles

Ray Ingles — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:57:17 +0000

One of the best arguments for learning as much as you can about everything is that it allows you to appreciate the art that Greusel’s talking about.

Another is that it allows you to get a lot more jokes that you’d otherwise miss.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:30:44 +0000

Edward Tufte 101.