https://blog.thetextsmith.com/tags/numbers/ Recent content in Numbers on Under the Anvil Hugo en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:10:20 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/dirty-data-why-cleaning-takes-longer-than-analysis/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:10:20 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/dirty-data-why-cleaning-takes-longer-than-analysis/ It is a universal truth that textsmiths work with data formats. Yet formats are attempts to impose structure on messy reality, but no format can decide what the right structure is for you. So in this post, we are going to look at what data cleaning is. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/beyond-the-spreadsheet/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:11:10 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/beyond-the-spreadsheet/ The spreadsheet is a wonderful interface. But it is not the only way to think about data.