Author: Mark Bradbourne

Every data set I’ve been blown away by the quality of submissions, and with each data set I see more an more participation and I’m equally blown away by that. So before I jump in to this recap I want to share a heart-felt thank you. Thank you for jumping in, thank you for sharing […]

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-workers 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 […]

I love watching the #DataFam in action, simply because it produces so much fantastic content. It can be blog posts, podcasts, vizzes and even swag being sold to support an intuitive! But every once in a while I get reminded of just how awesome the community is from a learning perspective. Someone recently tweet that […]

Insurance Claims and insurance data in general can be really fascinating data. When you think about how rates are set based on location, age, student grades, driving distance and even the color of the car, the actual analytics and analysis behind the data can be mind-boggling! The 3rd dataset from Real World Fake Data was […]

Dataset #1 is in the books, and thanks to all those who participated, tweeted and retweeted to get the project moving! Human Resources always feels like a dangerous area when it comes to the adoption of analytics. When we think adoption, we think “far and wide” but with HR data it can be extremely sensitive. […]

I’m super excited to announce the newest community project, Real World Fake Data. With it’s DNA clearly drawn from MakeoverMonday, RWFD hopes to scratch an itch for business-ready dashboards to act as examples to the datafam community. The datasets will cover a myriad of industries and departments, 12 in all. The first dataset will be […]

This is as much for me as it is all of you because I can’t tell you how many times I publish, then republish, and the probably WebEdit a dashboard before it’s “done”. The reason is that I forget the “little things” that I have to do every time I publish a viz… so combining […]

I remember when Selection by Category was demoed at TC15 and being blown away by the possibilities. Truth, I never used it. I would imagine most people either uncheck the box or even forget it’s there as a possibility. Well, I discovered today that you can actually marry this unsung feature with Set Actions and […]

Hot new data set? Breaking current events? Impactful story to tell? Maybe it’s as simple as a Makeover Monday dataset that we do on autopilot… whatever the data, we should work to not fail the soul of the data. Josh has written about it, and so has Bridget… countless others as well… and now, I […]