This paper is accepted at the Annual Conference of the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group in July in Manchester. Measuring Spreadsheet Formula Understandability Spreadsheets are widely used in industry, because they are flexible and easy to use. Often they are used for business-critical applications. It is however difficult for spreadsheet users to correctly assess the quality […]
Detecting and Visualizing Inter-worksheet Smells in Spreadsheets
We had this paper accepted at ICSE in Zurich! Spreadsheets are often used in business, for simple tasks, as well as for mission critical tasks such as finance or forecasting. Similar to software, some spreadsheets are of better quality than others, for instance with respect to usability, maintainability or reliability. In contrast with software however, […]
Open letter to Intertoys
Since @intertoys has not responded to the controversy around their brochure, I have sent them a letter. I’ll keep you posted on whether they respond (English translation below) Het is vast niet aan uw aandacht ontsnapt dat er gisteren wat rumoer is ontstaan over een van jullie folders. De bovenstaande afbeelding werd getwitterd door @Hannabervoets, […]
My TED top picks
In prepration of my TEDx talk Monday, today I watched two of my favorite TED talks. I selected these two. First watch them, and then read why I love them, because I might bias you 🙂 Dean Kamen on inventing and giving (http://www.ted.com/talks/dean_kamen_on_inventing_and_giving.html) Hasan Elahi on getting tracked by the FBI (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hasan_elahi.html) Okay, have you […]
