TagMinimalist Design
Mixed Signals: Tableau Dashboards, Color, and Alerting
Long before we ever heard of Gestalt, we learned to harness color for decision-making. Some of the lessons we’ve learned
Continue ReadingColor Me Shocked: 5 Secrets to Improve Color Use in your Tableau Dashboards
Color is often cited as one of the hardest pieces to master in Tableau design. There’s a reason: conventional wisdom
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 ReadingTableau 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 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 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 ReadingThe Magic of Tableau: Small Multiples and Faceting by Design
Every now and then, one of my clients will ask a question that sends me down a rabbit hole. I
Continue ReadingTableau 10 Device Designer: Optimizing for Mobile & Getting Tableau to Fit
In the days of yore (or about a couple of weeks ago), designing for mobile meant an entirely different dashboard.
Continue ReadingMinimalistic Maps Redux
I’ve gotten a tremendous amount of feedback in response to to original, so like The Matrix, I decided it was time
Continue ReadingBeautiful Minimalistic Maps
I just wanted the map to disappear. Not completely off the page, mind you. No, I wanted the information, but
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