Uplifting a Tableau Accelerator to Design, Delight, and Deliver for an Education Admissions Dashboard – Part 1: Assessment
How do you use a Tableau Accelerator and still make it your own? Often, when we try to adapt someone
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3 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 ReadingDesigning Tableau Dashboards in the Age of Digital Distraction
Somedays, I wonder when the internet became a massive park dedicated to billboards. Call me old, grumpy, or whatever else
Continue ReadingDefining Accuracy in Communication – Interpreting Beyond the Chart
She came in the room with great authority. She, a qualified interpreter, introduced herself while I watched, still a student
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I move beyond filters in Tableau?
I’ve earned a bit of a reputation for being anti-filter (what used to be called quick filters). In Excel, these
Continue ReadingDesigning Dashboards that Deliver: Translating Tableau Insights for Business Users
Tableau Mapping for 2018.1 and Beyond
I did a webinar with Joshua Milligan (link forthcoming) and touched on some of the following topics: GIS Formatting Legends
Continue ReadingDesigning Data Driven Applications in Tableau: How We Brainstorm
Everyone loves the idea generation phase. So, why it is the second step in our Designing Data Driven Applications in
Continue ReadingDesigning Data Driven Applications in Tableau: How We Scope
What I love most about Tableau is that it lets me do some pretty amazing things without writing a line
Continue ReadingMeasure Values, Toil, and Trouble: Avoiding the ‘Dead on Delivery’ Dashboard
Tableau has this nifty feature: measure values. Its swell companion, measure names, makes doing certain types of analyses painless. This
Continue ReadingWhat is a dashboard?
As an Tableau analyst, I feel like I answer this question quite often. And when I ask it, I get
Continue ReadingThe Shape of Stories: Analyzing Film Cutting Speed for Tableau’s IronViz
I often tell people I’m “sound and lights” when it comes to getting attention. Given a choice, you’ll find me
Continue ReadingIronViz – A Local Safari
The IronViz feeder contest sure brings the heat. The last one where I participated quite literally melted a hard drive.
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