Rants on Literacies: Whose job is it to communicate well, anyway?!
Children spend an exorbitant amount of time learning to read and write. For such a foundational skill, it’s a right
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Will AI eat my job?
Soha Elghany posed a question on Twitter that stopped me in my tracks. Further in the thread, she brings up
Continue ReadingWhat We Preserve
Mark Bradbourne hosts Just 5 Minutes, a podcast explores various themes around Tableau, data visualization, and life in general in
Continue ReadingRevisiting the Language of Data Visualization: 3 Themes to do Viz Better
Years ago, in a blog far away, I started thinking through how to do visualization better. Better, while it sounds
Continue ReadingWhat happens now?
In 2015, I asked this question over and over again. I’d jumped from a job where Tableau made maybe 10%
Continue ReadingManky Sankeys and Data Dilemmas: Data Doctor Download Returns
Hello vizzers and chart makers! You got data problems? You’ve come to the right place. Let’s get vizzy. Doc, Hello
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I shape that?! Data Grains for (Wholesome) Analysis
When I started working with data, at some point, people started asking about grain. Now, I eat a variety of
Continue ReadingData Doctor Download: The Advice Column No One Asked For
Dear Data Doctor, My organization just bought Tableau, and I have no idea where the EX**L to start. They have
Continue Reading2020 Year in Review
I’ve ran this blog for 5 years and never done a real “in review” post. Most years, one year rolls
Continue ReadingTouchscreen Toils and Troubles: Optimizing Tableau Designs for Tablets and Other Mobile Devices
It’s just a smaller screen, right? Except, you go to click on something and a funny thing happens…something entirely different
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I communicate data science in Tableau?! Or, I made the model, how do we use it?
You ran the model, you rolled it out, and now you’re trying to get people to USE the magic number.
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I start spatial analysis in Tableau? 5 calculations and a lot of fun!
Got spatial data and don’t know where to start? Here’s how to hone in those coordinates to a tidy cartographic
Continue Reading3 Lies about Color (and what you can do about it)
Can’t get enough color myths? Me either! Instead of baking sourdough bread, I’m sampling my color talk at all the
Continue ReadingJuneteenth: A Critical Examination and Conversation
How do we understand the world around us? One thing happening this year in the US are more discussions around
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