Makeover Monday 2017 – Week 2
It’s time for Makeover Monday – Week 2. This week’s data set was the quarterly sales (by units) of Apple iPhones for the past 10ish years. The original article accompanying the data indicated that the golden years of Apple may be over. So let me start by saying – I broke the rules (or rather, […]
#WorkoutWednesday Week 1
Another great community activity is Workout Wednesday hosted by Andy Kriebel and Emma Whyte. According to Andy it’s “designed to test your knoweldge of Tableau and help you kick on in your development.” They’re alternating odd vs. even weeks. Here’s the first task in a visual nutshell (using Superstore data set): I’m happy to say […]
Makeover Monday 2017 – Week 1
It’s officially 2017 – the start of a new year. As such, this is a great time for anyone in the Tableau universe to make a fresh commitment to participate in the community challenge known as Makeover Monday. As I jump into this challenge, I’ve made the conscious decision to start with the things I […]
Book Binge – December Edition
I typically spend the end of my year self reflecting on how things have gone – both the good and the bad. Usually that leads me to this thoughtful place of “I need more books.” For some reason to me books are instant inspiration and a great alternative to binge streaming. They remind me of […]
The Float Plot
One of the more interesting aspects of data visualization is how new visualization methods are created. There are several substantial charts, graphs, and plots out there that visualization artists typically rely on. As I’ve spent time reading more about data visualization, I started thinking about potential visualizations out there that could be added into the […]
Statistical Process Control Charts
I’ve had this idea for a while now – create a blog post and video tutorial discussing what Statistical Process Control is and how to use different Control Chart “tests” in Tableau. I’ve spent a significant portion of my professional career in business process improvement and always like it when I can integrate techniques learned […]
#MakeoverMonday 11/22/16 – Advanced Logging Edition
And it’s time – my first ever Makeover Monday. I’ll admit, I’ve attempted to catch up in the past, but always lost steam. I think the first data set might be related to sports and I struggle to focus on making something interesting. Despite my follies, I’m proud to say that I’ve participated in this […]
#data16 Data Dump
Last night was our monthly Phoenix Tableau User Group (PHXTUG) meeting and as part of the post-excitement of Tableau’s 2016 conference we took some time to go through their strategy and some upcoming features. Full video is available here: Interested in reusing the slides? Find the deck here: TC 16 Data Dump from Ann Jackson
#data16 Day 3
Admittedly I’m jumping from day 1 to day 3. I hit a micro wall on Tuesday. But now that I’ve pushed through to Wednesday – it is time to focus on the amazing. First up – paradigm shift. I had a very novel vision of expectations and how to “get the most” out of the […]
#data16 Day 1
What better way to commemorate my first day at #data16 than sharing the highs, lows – what has met expectations and what I didn’t expect. The community – Probably the one thing I couldn’t anticipate coming into #data16 was how the virtual community (mainly via Twitter) compared to reality. Like internet dating, you never really […]