A little over a year ago I made the move from PC to Mac, not at home, but in the office. I had used Mac for about two years with my family prior to this switch and I slowly grew to love the ease of the Mac operating system. We could build simple Web sites, modify photo’s, video chat with family, and a myriad of other non-work things.
But Macs couldn’t work in the office, right? I believed I couldn’t be fully functional in my day job because I’m an accountant and accountants use Microsoft Excel for everything. Excel has been my program to do everything; a staple of my daily work life. However, early last year I got a MacBook as my main office computer, purchased Excel for Mac, and slowly Mac began to make my work life much better.
Life was good because I had the operating system I liked and the usefulness of Excel for Mac. Yet it just didn’t seem right. Let’s be honest, the Mac version of Excel isn’t the same and it takes a little getting used to. Like Tiger Woods on his wedding night, my eyes began to wander. I wasn’t happy and was ready for a breakup.
The challenge was finding the next spreadsheet solution. Everyone uses Excel because it’s assumed to be the best but, thankfully there’s something better: Numbers. I can’t believe I even said that out loud, I’m sure every accountant just felt a needle poke them in the back. But it’s true, Numbers is a better program.
What’s great about Numbers is the simplistic way to integrate tables, graphs, and text. Unlike the Excel method of one sheet with thousands of cells, Numbers lets the user start with a blank document with one table. The table can be manipulated to the exact need, yet the document stays clean. Then, if you want a graph below or beside the table, just add it and the same is true with a text box. It’s like working with a hybrid of PowerPoint and Excel.
It’s just too easy to use. So, I’m an accountant that likes Numbers. Have you used Numbers before?
Levi Spires
Dumb luck or maybe divine intervention was Levi’s ticket to ride on the Site-Seeker train. It’s the only way a left-brained Air Force accountant can get a boarding pass for such a creative venture. Levi’s job is pretty simple; just shovel coal into the steam engine to keep Site-Seeker moving fast - as long as we don’t derail.
Levi’s military number-crunching background has given him the skills to grow people. Some might say that military officer leadership training prepared him to take on a management role, but it’s the accounting skills that give Levi a real advantage. Site-Seeker is a creative bunch that needs purpose, focus, a checklist, a process, a project management system, and a way to analyze results. With all of Levi’s talent on loan from God, he knows how to manipulate a spreadsheet to get to that one perfect number - just ask our clients!
When Levi’s not at Site-Seeker, he dreams about it. It’s the entrepreneur in him. He plays a little golf, hangs out with his family, and enjoys the Sabbath. But, mostly, he just likes to work. Site-Seeker fulfills all of Levi’s ambitions, pushing him to levels of learning and productivity that he had never imagined possible. Best of all, Levi enjoys his friends. He doesn’t have to come into the office to do business, but he chooses to. Everyone Levi knows is right here at Site-Seeker, and he likes it.
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