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  • Stone Toolsstonetoolsblog@mastodon.social
    Oct 12, 2026, 2:04 AM

    Here at the convergence of International Spreadsheet Day, the 15th anniversary of Steve Jobs's death, and the 1st anniversary of Stone Tools, it's time to break out one of the big guns.

    Lotus Improv holds a semi-mythical status amongst the computing faithful. Heck, the first time I experienced it, it literally gave me the idea to start this blog, "I need to talk about this."

    How well does the origin of the pivot table hold up in a world of pivot tables? It's... well...

    stonetools.ghost.io/lotusimpro

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  • Stone Toolsstonetoolsblog@mastodon.social
    Oct 13, 2026, 10:07 AM

    @amoroso I wonder what it is that had us both thinking about Improv. Glad I could deliver in a timely manner for you.

    The video, I need to look into. I just use built-in Ghost blogging tools. I was reading about injecting a fullscreen button into their "video card" so I'll investigate.

    The screen recordings have been rare; I haven't yet found a great workflow for them. I agree about slowing down, but that bloated the file sizes so much I thought it might turn people off. I'll reconsider.

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