Programming question: I'm looking for recommendations for some kind of visualization tool to help me stay organized within complex nested loops and if statements. [more inside]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts on Apr 25, 2013 - 12 answers

How much focus, if any, on my "blemished" academic record, and my change of field, should I place in my personal statements for graduate school? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 7, 2012 - 12 answers

Need to get data from hundreds of pages of bank records into a spreadsheet. We have a scanner with a document feeder, but would love some recommendations on software/workflow ideas. [more inside]
posted by capnsue on Sep 29, 2012 - 6 answers

Who designed this 1969 NYSE pamphlet, Understanding Financial Statements? [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Mar 15, 2012 - 3 answers

Help getting past statements from Citibank UK - any suggestions? Kafkaesque details within. [more inside]
posted by thumpasor on Jul 11, 2011 - 1 answer

Hou Hanru: On the Mid-Ground is a collection of curatorial statements and catalogue essays by a curator/critic. What other collections of curatorial statements might you recommend? [more inside]
posted by Jagz-Mario on Apr 20, 2011 - 2 answers

Is there an easy, automated way to receive PDF's of financial statements (bank statement, credit card bill, etc)? [more inside]
posted by stilly on May 6, 2010 - 6 answers

Is there any reason why some people don't like to be "put on the spot" to answer questions? [more inside]
posted by CollectiveMind on May 23, 2009 - 60 answers

Mission Statements in Film: I'm working on a presentation about the importance of having clear objectives, and am interested in relevant video clips. [more inside]
posted by Pater Aletheias on Mar 28, 2007 - 23 answers

I could use your help hive mind. I'm currently taking an accounting course in college, and I'm having difficulties with financial statements and what gets reported where. I'm looking a mnemonic system that can embed this into my brain, as well as tricks and formulas which can help simplify this for me. [more inside]
posted by dropkick on Jan 18, 2007 - 6 answers

I've got an Excel spreadsheet with numbers ranging from 2,000 to 600,000. I want Excel to look at each cell and essentially categorize all of those into five categories in a new column. If the value is less than 10,000, I want Excel to give it a 1, if the value is between 10,000 and 50,000 I want it to be 2, if the value is between 50,000 and 100,000, I want it to return 3, if it's between 100,000 and 500,000, I want a 4, and if it's above 500,000, I want a 5. I tried the IF function, but I can't figure out how to a) make it recognize multiple variables, and b) I don't know how to tell it to look for numbers within a range. The Excel help section about arrays and lookups is fairly mystifying. Anyone got an idea? (I know I could sort the data and do this manually, but I'd like to learn how to do this Excel's way.) Thank you!
posted by stonefruit on Nov 9, 2006 - 14 answers