You Might be a wInsight Nerd
You might be a wInsight nerd if…
…You wake up on Saturday morning and immediately get to work on your hobby – building custom reports.
…You don’t know the first thing about Java or HTM code, but you can write custom reports.
…Family vacation?? WUG10!
…You track progress of your kids’ chores with the alternate data structure, Children….and you call yourself “Parent 1.0”.
…Your computer has resigned itself to the fact that wInsight is not a spelling error.
…You keep version 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 up on blocks in the front yard. Ya’ never know!
…You’re building a secret stash of cards for the wInsight version of Trivial Pursuit.….and you play against yourself….because no one else will.
…You’ve been heard to say more than once, “Git ‘r recalculated”
…You write a 228 page book on mastering wInsight….. and give it to your family as Christmas presents.
…Wayne Erwin secretly books a 15 minute session with you during the WUG.
…You’ve googled the phrase “wInsight-holics Anonymous”….and you’re relieved that nothing shows up.
…Your momma is darn proud of the fact that your name shows up in the “Tip of the Day”.
…Your daydream fantasies include winning the lottery, figuring out what the IVAC chart means, and turning your living room into a wInsight WAR room.
…You’ve actually counted the number of mouse clicks to figure out the fastest way to sort and filter.
…American Idol? Nah….Your innermost secret desire is to be the star of the next WUG video.
…A compliment from Jim Price gives you a bigger buzz than a triple espresso.
…You know that there are 247 different fields in wInsight, and another 253 different fields in Administrator…..But you could probably think of some new ones….
…You computed all the possibilities of 247 fields and found that there are 209,409,007,702,364,796,756,109,246,795,204,590,684,987,933,519,483,136,853,733,801,471,228,381,108,635,264,249,826,267,351,407,449,115,878,255,431,609,627,732,007,444,728,125,987,227,800,947,679,691,105,189,900,021,197,058,509,180,801,790,464,196,204,614,129,120,684,912,484,718,847,644,494,981,874,273,902,913,509,526,962,555,581,383,750,421,438,322,681,192,435,512,150,057,394,571,785,376,425,368,116,479,132,603,816,671,631,729,581,348,543,020,671,652,984,691,861,116,335,719,936,356,957,027,411,126,652,101,974,558,996,458,133,060,531,290,483,131,406,905,612,697,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible Sort window combinations….. There is no name for a number with 486 significant digits, so you created the term “wInzillion”…. ooh…ooh…gotta put that on a Trivial Pursuit card.
…When no one else is looking, you insert a column with your name on it, and give yourself a blue rating…
…Caller ID blocks your incoming calls to the wInsight Tech Support hotline…..But you know how to dial Wayne, Matt, Dan, Ron, Gary, Jim, Paige, Tara, Alex, Roland, Nick, Becky, and Dick directly.
…The problem is not that you have to come up with 101 Tips & Tricks, but limiting yourself to 101 Tips & Tricks.
…You’ve recreated the bull’s-eye chart as a formal garden in your backyard….Blue petunias, green grass, yellow marigolds, and red geraniums, with tall poppies to mark the data points.
…You genuinely believe that drinking coffee from your WUG mug wards off bad variances and import errors.
…Your wardrobe consists of: C/S Solutions logo polo shirts, windbreaker, storm jacket, fleece jacket, chambray shirt, and the messenger bag….You be styling!
…Yours is the first hand up in the air when Gary and Jim ask for inputs at the Users’ Forum.