Workout Wednesday 14 | Guest Post | Frequency Matrix
Earlier in the month Luke Stanke asked if I would write a guest post and workout. As someone who completed all 52 workouts in 2017, the answer was obviously YES! This week I thought I’d take heavy influence from a neat little chart made to accompany Makeover Monday (w36y2017) – the Frequency Matrix. I call […]
Who Gets an Olympic Medal | #MakeoverMonday Week 7
At the time of writing the 2018 Winter Olympic Games are in full force, so it seems only natural that the #MakeoverMonday topic for Week 7 of this year is record level results of Winter Games medal wins. I have to say that I was particularly excited to dive into this data set. Here’s what […]
Go Give Back: Tableau Foundation Service Corp
Recently I had the opportunity to finish my first Tableau Foundation Service Corp consult. Something that’s been 2 years in the making. Since my early exposure to the Tableau community I’ve wanted to be actively involved in the Tableau Foundation – so I was delighted when I received an email in November expressing that they’ve […]
#Workout Wednesday – Fiscal Years + Running Sums
As a big advocate of #WorkoutWednesday I am excited to see that it is continuing on in 2018. I champion the initiative because it offers people a constructive way to problem solve, learn, and grow using Tableau. I was listening to this lecture yesterday and there was a great snippet “context is required to spark […]
Tableau + Python + IoT
You’ve asked and it’s time to answer. About a week ago I posted a teaser video on Twitter that showed how I integrated my home automation system with a Tableau dashboard. The outcome of the video was dynamically changing three different lights in conjunction with KPI results. So beyond the “hey this is really cool” […]
The Remaining 25 Weeks of #WorkoutWednesday
Back in July I wrote the first half of this blog post – it was about the first 27 weeks of #WorkoutWednesday. The important parts to remember (if the read is too long) are that I made a commitment to follow through and complete every #MakeoverMonday and #WorkoutWednesday in 2017. The reason was pretty straightforward […]
Exploring Python + Tableau
This month I’ve been taking a night class at Galvanize aimed at being an introductory to Python and Data Science. It’s a 4 night/week boot camp with a mix of lecture and hands-on assignments. My primary interest with the course was the data science component, but I also felt extremely strong about the necessity to […]
A follow up to The Women of #IronViz
It’s now 5 days removed from the Tableau Conference (#data17) and the topic of women in data visualization and the particularly pointed topic of women competing in Tableau’s #IronViz competition is still fresh on everyone’s mind. First – I think it’s important to recognize how awesome the community reception of this topic has been. Putting […]
#data17 Recap – A quick top 5
Now that Tableau Conference 2017 has come to a close it’s time to reflect back on my favorite and most memorable moments. I’ll preface by saying that I had very lofty goals for this conference. It started after #data16 – immediately after the conference I did some significant thought work on what I wanted my […]
Don’t be a Bridge, Instead be a Lock
Lately I’ve spent a lot of time pondering my role in the world of data. There’s this common phrase that we as data visualization and data analytics (BI) professionals hear all the time (and that I am guilty of saying): “I serve as the bridge between business and IT.” Well – I’m here to say […]