The Shape of Shakespeare’s Sonnets | #IronViz Books & Literature
Jump directly to the viz If it’s springtime that can only mean that it’s time to begin the feeder rounds for Tableau’s Iron Viz contest. The kick-off global theme for the first feeder is books & literature, a massive topic with lots of room for interpretation. So without further delay, I’m excited to share my […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boost Your Professional Skills via Games
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were looking for opportunities to get more strategic, focus on communication skills, improve your ability to collaborate, or just stretch your capacity to think critically? Well I have the answer for you: pick up gaming. Let’s pause for a second and provide some background: I […]
The Importance of Certification
I’ve long been a huge advocate of certification in technical fields. I think it is a great way to actively communicate and demonstrate the skill level you have in a particular area. Even further in my mind it represents the ability to set a foundation to build off of with others. I personally started my […]
Azure + Tableau Server = Flex
I’m affectionately calling this post Azure + Tableau Server = Flex for two reasons. First – are you a desktop user that has always wanted to extend your skills in Tableau as a platform? Or perhaps you’re someone who is just inherently curious and gains confidence by learning and doing (I fall into this camp). […]
February Book Binge
Another month has passed, so it’s time to recount what I’ve been reading. Admittedly it was kind of a busy month for me, so I decided to mix up some of my book habits with podcasts. To reflect that – I’ve decided to share a mixture of both. First up is Rhinoceros Success by […]
Book Binge – January Edition
It’s time for another edition of book binge – a random category of blog posts devised (and now only on its second iteration) where I walk through the different books I’ve read and purchased this month. First – a personal breakthrough! I have always been an avid reader, but admittedly become lazy in recent years. […]
The Flow of Human Migration
Today I decided to take a bit of a detour while working on a potential project for #VizForSocialGood. I was focused on a data set provided by UNICEF that showed the number of migrants from different areas/regions/countries to destination regions/countries. I’m pretty sure it is the direct companion to a chord diagram that UNICEF published […]
And so it beings – Adventures in Python
Tableau 10.2 is on the horizon and with it comes several new features – one that is of particular interest to me is their new Python integration. Here’s the Beta program beauty shot: Essentially what this will mean is that more advanced programming languages aimed at doing more sophisticated analysis will become an easy to […]