Installing RExcelXML from The Omega Project in R

A quick post to capture the resolution to the past 20 minutes I have spent in frustration trying to install RExcelXML from Omegahat (The Omega Project for Statistical Computing). As this is a source package, the dependencies need to be satisfied manually (which is a bit baffling, frankly — surely there is a workaround for …

Excel Progress Indicator & Check-List Proof of Concept

Recently I was asked by the project management of a client to create a check-list in Excel for an initiative they are heading. While I cannot disclose the exact solution I provided them — due to non-disclosure agreements in effect — I can share the proof of concept I built for the spreadsheet. As a …