"You sir, bring me some data." Most organizations access their data through people. Real, live, people. Somebody, most likely somebody at a senior level, asks for data. Then somebody else …
When keeping it simple is stupid.
When I was a young kid my uncle had a stroke. A middle aged man with a wife and three daughters, it changed his life completely. Not so long after his stroke my uncle came to live with us, …
Cleaning and Recoding in Tableau Prep
In late April of this year (2018) Tableau released a new tool called Tableau Prep. So what is Tableau Prep? You know all that very unsexy data prep stuff you have to do before you can create …
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How to use Tableau as a Simple User Interface for Data
Let's not overthink Tableau. It's a tool, and as a tool it can do some pretty cool things. But only if you have a reason to use it. Over the upcoming weeks I'm going to focus on specific …
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It takes a village, to get the most value from Tableau
Okay, so Tableau is technically something that one person can use effectively to support their work. But most of the time, to get actual value for the time/money commitment, it probably won't be …
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Our puny brains can’t handle all this data.
I was trying to figure out how much data is flying around on the internet and I stumbled into this report by CISCO. Their estimate of daily global internet traffic in 2016 was about 23 million …
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And Tableau Goes Crash
I had a nice surprise this morning when Stephanie Evergreen sent me an email saying she was in town. It was really nice to catch up over lunch, trade consulting stories, and scheme a bit. One …
Moving Data, inspired by Cidar Mendizabal
I asked Data architect and Salesforce expert Cidar Mendizabal about the biggest challenges he faces on a regular basis. His answer was around data migration and the need for thoughtful decision …
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But can you tie it to an SDG, inspired by @mquinnp
As promised yesterday, here is the second part which inspired the cartoon above. I asked Michael Quinn Patton what he thinks is the biggest challenge evaluators will face over the next five …
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Hey academics, people don’t trust you.
A guest post (by William Faulkner, João Martinho, and Heather Muntzer) put up on my friend Stephanie Evergreen's blog sparked a big discussion in the comment section. I'll paraphrase a …
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Gone Workshoppin’
So there's this thing I gotta do. You know that whole creative workshop for data people thing that I started? I've come to the realization that if I want it to be successful, I need to give it …
Doggie Data Science on the 4th of July
Happy Fourth of July! …
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