State of the Union @ Sons of Hierarchies

The site is back, thank goodness. A few weeks back I was hacked, and in my attempt to rescue the site, it got completely destroyed. I was devastated because I did not have a good backup (1st lesson learned). After getting updating the PHP version, and reinstalling the platform I started going through the Wayback […]

The Importance of Feedback and Iteration

I had an awesome experience Sunday night into Monday morning. When I saw the data for Makeover Monday I immediately saw it as a chance to learn something new. I’m constantly in awe of Rody, Adam, and Ken for the things they do with curves inside Tableau, and for this set of data, I wanted to do an arc chart […]

Visualization Rut?

I’ve felt stagnant lately and have been completely “Viz Blocked” and at times uninspired. I finally reached out to my extended family; the Tableau community. Sarah Bartlett was the first to chime in with some great suggestions. Next, Mike Cisneros came to my aid with a fabulous list of ideas to challenge yourself and break out of a […]

Why Tableau?

Recently, someone posed this question to me… now normally, I expect this question to come from a customer, but this one came from a co-worker because he was curious as to my thoughts on the topic. Now, I am of a different ilk; I am born of and from the community. People who join Tableau […]

Real World Fake Data – Season 1 Retrospective

Last summer, when I started to formulate the idea for Real World Fake Data, I wasn’t quite sure how it would be received, what the participation level would be like, and what the end result would be. The original inspiration came from a request that I had received as someone was looking for an example […]