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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]