Laying the Foundation for a Data First Organization
This is the first post in my series, Data Science for Entrepreneurs The first step I recommend is to map out your business in what is known as a S...
How to Link Tableau Sheets
Today on my live Data Geek Q&A session I showed how to create custom links between sheets in Tableau so you can control the user navigation. You can view an...
What Data Technology Should I Learn?
From my recent live broadcast, in this video I cover the following topics: Background on Data Industry Key Technologies in Data Data Personas Who Should Learn W...
Makeover Monday: Global Warming By The Numbers
In this week's Makeover Monday I take a crack at Ed Hawkins wildly popular radar chart (link) showing how global temperatures have risen dramatically in recent ...
Why Do Women in the US Work so Hard?
Women in the Unites States are some of the hardest working in the world. A recent article from the UK Business Insider made this point when they posted a chart ...
Allowing Hell to Break Loose in Tableau: An Interview w/ Sr. Product Manager, Tyler Doyle
In this interview Tyler and I talk about some new features in Tableau 10 that will protect your work when all hell breaks loose. Plus an update on Shedquarters....
What Happened to College Tuition in 2010?
This week's makeover comes from Online MBA Page in their article describing the growth of tuition for college in the United States. This article has some intere...
Never See Errors Again in Excel
We've already looked at how to use VLookup to return a corresponding value from another sheet here (VLookup Basics). Now we're going to expand upon that and add...
Removing Map-Junk from Tableau Maps
In this demo I show you how to create custom multi-layer maps in Tableau. This helps when you don't want Tableau to draw other geometries besides what is in you...
Makeover Monday: The 21st Century Slave Trade
This weeks post comes from an article on CNBC about the 21 Century Slave Trade and a new bill passed (HR644) to help combat it. First I have to say how importan...