This is one of my pet peeves. Some numbers are so large as to not be intelligible to my brain. I mean once you have gotten above about 700 calories, who cares what that piece of chocolate cake is going to do to your hips? I just can't put that in perspective.
Well, presenters of all things numeric, take heed. This is my favorite cool website of the day - its called Sensible Units. Just go to this site, type in your number and associated units of measure and it will convert it to some meaningful and interesting data. AKA - presentation fodder!
I entered 1,000,000 inches (wishful thinking) and here is what it produced as equivalents to help me put that in perspective:
23 Table Mountains. (The one in Capetown, I think.)
5.3 Mont Blancs. (I'm guessing they're talking about the mountains, not the pens.)
31 Burj Dubais (after completion).
46 CN Towers.
Now I need to put in "31 Burj Dubais" and figure out what that means - but you see how cool this can be.
It needs to have a similar conversion utility for dollars and then I could translate my next financial statement into 4 pairs of Manolo Blahniks, 6 Coach Handbags, 47 Eileen Fisher Blouses, and 474 Grande Lattes. Now we are getting somewhere.
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 Geni Whitehouse CPA, CITP, CSPM Author, speaker, trainer > 50% Countess of Communication, Brotemarkle,Davis Co. > 50% Writin', speakin', consultin' Co-founder of SolveServices.com a remote bookkeeping service for wineries. How to hire me. Author How to Make a Boring Subject Interesting : 52 ways even a nerd can be heard I have a ton of other websites including my newest for Twitter newbies www.evenatwit.com Originally from Greenville, SC, I now live in Napa, California. Contact Geni
I am an accountant on a mission. I want to permanently remove the blight of BORING that has attached itself to members of my profession.
But the boring blight doesn't stop there. It's everywhere. I've found it in wineries (although it's a tad more palatable when served with alcohol), in science labs, even in Art museums. And technology people carry the "B" gene too. But the condition need not be fatal. I lecture around the country to accountants and technology audiences and I have a ball. I was a partner in an Atlanta CPA firm when I realized technology was my true passion and I have been fighting the nerd versus geek battle ever since. Through some stroke of absolutely amazing luck, I now find myself in Napa -- the most gorgeous, hospitable place imaginable. Are you on Twitter? You can follow my nerdy life there : evenanerd Contact me [email protected] I am a graduate of the Jeff Justice Comedy Workshoppe and the Persuasive Speaker course taught by Speechworks. I highly recommend both of these organizations. I have also taken training from the amazing Lynda Spillane. I am not unbiased, nor do I wish to be. I have done work for anyone and everyone in the software industry or the accounting profession. If I am not impressed by what you do or can't find an angle that is interesting or unique, I won't work for or with you. And if you are stodgy or boring, there are not enough dollars or even euros to make me help you. See samples of my writing here: www.salestaxradar.com www.mybizcounts.com  Archives
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