I experienced my first escape room a couple of years ago while in Toronto, Canada for work… it was a team building event. I totally had a blast figuring out the puzzles and unlocking the next puzzle. It’s all very cerebral, and heart pounding at the same time as you watch the clock tick down […]
Category: Recovered Posts
Posts that have been recovered from the hack of 2022. The dates are all messed up.
Marginal Treemaps?
Today, I was working on a project at work and I accidentally put a staked bar on top of a Treemap and had a thought about Marginal Histograms and if it made sense to do a similar “Viz-Stitch” and do a Marginal Treemap. Honestly the jury is still out, but in certain situations I think […]
Putting Pen to Paper
This week’s Makeover Monday was all about wind power, and in particular how Texas leads the way with their investment in wind turbines. Pretty cool dataset… but let me pause right here. I’ve gotten in to a bad habit lately… and I say that speaking about my own data visualization practices an not anyone else’s… […]
TUG Roundtable ~ Highlights Part 1!
The following highlight came from the Tableau User Group Leader Informal Roundtable (TUGLIR!) chat thread. Enjoy! From the Chat: On finding an audience for new TUGs or expanding the groups:–Work with your local Tableau reps to spread the word through their accounts–Spam it on Twitter and LinkedIn (other Analytics Groups)–Work with Jordon Scott to send […]
My Favorite Vizzes from 2018
These are my five favorite vizzes I created during 2018. January 3rd, 2018 – Poultry and Red Meat Consumption This was the first Makeover Monday of the year, and this ended up being included in the Makeover Monday book. How could I not include this one? I love the simplicity of it and the color […]
My Weight Loss Battle
Beekeepers and Bee Colony Loss
Poultry and Beef Consumption in the USA
2018 Year in Review
2018 has been pretty amazing for me, better than i could have ever imagined. Indulge me as I take few minutes to reflect on the year that was, and share some goals for next year. Last year, around this time, I set some goals for myself, and I’m glad to report I achieved most of […]
Tableau 2018.3 – Using Set Action with Viz in Tool Tips
Set Actions!! Seems like the uses are endless right now, but here is my favorite use so far. I’ve always wanted a way to highlight items in the Viz in Tool tip to add some context between the first visualization and the second, and with Set Actions it’s now possible! For this example I started […]