Diarmuid Early won first place in the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship. He has some pointers for using Excel at work.

For Giles Male, though, buzzing around a spreadsheet, fixing up rows and columns, is an exciting and "crazy competitive" live esport. "You've got a room full of people cheering, watching others play ...

I've found something you need to see. We've covered the Excel World Championship before, highlighting its excellent theme song, which starts off with the immortal line: "It's the Excel World ...

He’s never had to rely on dial-up or grind through the earliest versions of Microsoft Office. He’s never had to deal with “Clippy,” the now-extinct paperclip with bulging eyes and an earnest desire to ...

Esports are popular because it’s exciting to see those who are the best at using one piece of software compete to be the best of the best. While that’s usually confined to gaming, it doesn’t have to ...

Dubbed the "LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets", Galway born and Waterford raised Diarmuid is now the world's best worksheet whizz. He won the 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships, where a $60,000 ...

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What springs to mind when I say ‘eSports?' It's probably something along the lines of League of Legends, DOTA 2, VALORANT, or Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, right? Some guesses out of left field ...

A recent list of the World's Top Tools for Learning is a stark reminder of how rapidly the educational ecosystem has moved beyond the traditional classroom. Most young professionals seem to have ...