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Tag: Technology
EY Finally Embraces the Disruptive Technology That is Microsoft Outlook
This is the biggest news to come out of EY! since the big rebranding: To: […]
It Is Almost Certain You Will One Day Be Replaced by Machines
The future is scary sometimes. Even scarier, the prospect that you, dear accountants, are more likely to be replaced by machines than firefighters, editors, pilots, and dentists. In fact, the only humans more likely to be replaced by machines than you are telemarketers and I think we can all agree they should have been shipped off to the Island of Unwanted People a long time ago.
PwC Will Probably Be the First Accounting Firm to Replace Interns With Robots
It sounds crazy now but just think, not that long ago we carried around shiny […]
Jason the Hipster CPA Was Using the Cloud Before It Was Cool
Come on, people. It opened for Wilco in '94. Attention accountants everywhere: please stop talking […]
Some Guy Says CPAs Better Adapt or Die, And He’s Right
An interesting piece from Accounting Today tells us that basically this guy says CPAs have […]
Excel Art is a Thing, Apparently
I'm sure many of you consider yourselves more than mere spreadsheet jockeys, rather true spreadsheet […]
God Only Knows Why Most Companies Still Manually Reconcile General Ledger Accounts
A recent report released by Robert Half and the Financial Executives Research Foundation found that "nearly […]
Has Microsoft Excel Ruined the World?
This isn't a breaking news story or anything but since our Google Alert for "Microsoft […]
(UPDATE) KPMG Has Been Without Email Most of the Day; Yes, Some People Are Freaking Out
We've confirmed with a number of people at KPMG that the firm's email service has […]
Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival — Food & Beverage vs. Technology, The Elite Eight
This blogging gig sucks. The publisher, Gail, is up my ass about this March Madness thing. Says we have to follow through even though it was Colin's stupid idea. Everyone knows that booze is the only thing you need to survive busy season; not sure why we have to go through all the trouble.
The tech guy, Stonewall, is helping out though, so I guess we'll just try to get through the Elite Eight.
But seriously, just keep some hooch in your drawer at work like me. If you need anything else — including more than 4 hours of sleep a night — to power through busy season, then I don't want you on my team.
Going Concern March Madness Busy Season Survival: The Sweet Sixteen, Day Two
I'm in Raleigh, North Carolina today visiting students at North Carolina State, so I apologize for the delay in getting to the bottom half of the Sweet Sixteen in GCMM. I know you've shaking with anticipation.