Edward J. Strafaci ~ Academic Blog

As in other professions and organized institutions the day of reckoning has come for career politicians. The new medium of global communication via smartphone has allowed people to share ideas, frustrations and free thought. No longer is anyone tethered to network news or the “news cycle. The mainstream media has zero credibility and is basically finished. Popular culture manifested in series like “House of Cards”, and the like, only educate the basic citizen on the great conflicts of interest in the Fourth Estate. Call it the “Netflix Revolution”. This has manifested itself in free thought, not the least of which is that politics has created an unfair ruling class. As with the Roman Empire, political stature and influence has allowed certain of the middle class to rise to positions of wealth and power at the expense of a struggling middle class. Trump has cleverly defined and seized this message and it resonates. Former Presidents have become fabulously wealthy without ev...

After Microsoft developed Excel to the 2010 version, it offered more surprises than ever. In order to deal with tons of big data, you can’t ignore the important role Excel plays in daily work. However, both for beginners and advanced users, there are still many useful tips and tricks that are inevitably overlooked. Here are 20 useful Excel spreadsheet secrets you may not know. Please note that all these functions are based on Microsoft Excel 2010. 1. One Click to Select All You might know how to select all by using the Ctrl + A shortcut, but few know that with only one click of the corner button, as shown in the screenshot below, all data will be selected in seconds. 2. Open Excel Files in Bulk Rather than open files one by one when you have multiple files you need to handle, there is a handy way to open them all with one click. Select the files you would like to open then press the Enter key on the keyboard, all files will open simultaneously. 3. Shift Between Differen...