Aiming for data-driven? Don’t forget the people.
I’ve been in this situation too much recently: I’m having a conversation with someone about the state of analytics and there’s a sudden turn to product feature comparison. What follows are a series of strengths and weaknesses bulletpoints. The kicker? Often the points are focused on what the tool can do, or how the tool […]
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 […]
Star Trek The Next Generation: Every Episode (#IronViz 3)
It’s that time again – Iron Viz feeder contest! The third and final round for a chance to battle at conference in a chef coat is upon us. This round the focus was on anything ‘Silver Screen.’ With a limitless topic I was certain that I would find myself in a creative rut that would […]
Alteryx Inspire – Day 1
When I went to the Tableau Conference last year, I felt it was important to spend some time documenting my experience. Anytime I go to a conference related to my professional aspirations I’m always taken by the wealth of knowledge that’s uncovered. The Alteryx Inspire conference is a pared down conference with about 2,000 attendees. […]
#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 […]
Funnel Plots
As I continue to read through Stephen Few’s “Signal: Understanding What Matters in a World of Noise” there have been some new charts or techniques I’ve come across. In an attempt to understand their purpose on a deeper level (and implement them in my professional life), I’m on a mission to recreate them in Tableau. […]
Thoughts on sorting in Tableau
Now with video 🙂 Last week I ran into an interesting situation with Tableau. I wanted to sort dimensions within larger dimensions by a measure. After that sort, I wanted to encode an additional dimension on color. Here’s what that would look like using Superstore: In the view I am looking at sub-categories by each […]
Me vs. ETL
I had a great moment today. A moment where I felt like I conquered the beast known as “ETL.” For those of you who don’t know (lucky you!) ETL stands for Extract, Transform, Load. Like it suggests: it is the term used to move data around and taking elements from “raw” forms and making them usable […]
Dot Plots
Today I was reading Stephen Few’s Information Dashboard Design aloud while Josh was doing some fall PC clean up and was on the chapter “An Ideal Library of Graphs.” As Stephen describes it there are several charts or graphs that should make their way onto dashboards and he goes into detail on the reason behind […]
Getting started in data
Continuing on the path I started the other day, here’s another blog post that I first wrote internally back in March of this year. The question: How do you think you can encourage more women in data? I think the toughest part of getting started in data is understanding the field and feeling confident working within […]