Back during my Westat days, I was always a little surprised by how few Tableau licenses found their way into employee’s hands. We had a lot a data and the kinds of projects that could clearly afford to foot the bill for a license or two. But there were a couple of things that really […]
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Single and Multi-Response Icon Arrays
I recently had the opportunity to work with the team at YouthPower to visualize their Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. They had a very common data visualization problem. How do you differentiate the visuals for single response and multi-response data? This is a place where a lot of people […]
More Holiday Time
So one of my clients works with overseas teams in both India and the Philippines. One of his challenges is helping his clients understand the different holiday schedules for overseas workers. I wish we had 25 public holidays a year!
Open Canvas Charting with SketchApp
Like every other data analyst in the world, I have done my fair share of charting in Microsoft Excel. And also like every other data analyst, I got tired of trying to bend Excel to my will. Basic bar charts, line charts, and scatter plots are easy designs for a spreadsheet tool, but sometimes they just […]
Building a Portfolio, one post at a time.
A designer without a portfolio is like a doctor without a white coat. I have been without that white coat for over a year now. At first, I had an easy excuse. Just starting my business I wasn’t really sure where my focus would go. And to be quite honest, it never really fit in […]
Why hire a freelancer
Another cartoon inspired by our 1millioncups rtp consulting panel.