We worked closely with @nilenso.com on an open-ended design research project where we attempted to rethink the fundamentals of the spreadsheet interface. Slowly starting to document and roll out the work we did with them. Check it out! prabros.com/bean/

Starting off, we considered the interaction of referencing a cell. The user selects a cell [noun] and then drags it to the target cell to create a reference [verb]. To use Jef Raskin's terms, this is a noun-verb construction. Read more at: prabros.com/bean/design