Here’s another way to look at the bars in our very popular first verse! Bars charts are almost always an excellent substitute for pie charts (image at bottom of post). With one glance, it is super-simple to compare values within and across all elements. Eliminates a ton of wasted visual energy to look back and […]
Continue readingTreemaps are an attention-getting change of pace (compared to pie charts-image at bottom of post). Compact delivery of information using size and color — two powerful visual properties. Eliminates a ton of wasted visual energy to look back and forth across the pie charts. Downside can be limited space to see all labels (without just […]
Continue readingBars charts are almost always an excellent substitute for pie charts (image at bottom of post). With one glance, it is super-simple to compare values within and across all elements. Eliminates a ton of wasted visual energy to look back and forth across the pie charts. We need three colors instead of 17! and could […]
Continue reading100 enlightened thinkers — and genuinely nice folks — connected for one day to share ideas about storytelling and data visualization. Thank you Tableau Software for sponsoring the conference. #tapestryconf where data and storytelling come together #tapestryconf @pilhofer measure your audience to know that your stories are successful and apply the learning #tapestryconf @lawnrocket got […]
Continue readingI was combining multiple exposures of my Grand Canyon photos to create one better image. Consider alternatives to your dashboard. With the power of Tableau, it’s almost too easy to bring up a data set, build a dashboard, then publish your work. There is a cost though to this freedom and we trap ourselves without […]
Continue readingThe Alchemist makes one beer and it’s rated best in the world. Be great at Tableau! Like myself, I expect many visualization practitioners are busy with their daily work and meeting deadlines. If you’ve been using Tableau for a while, you are probably really good at knowing where to click and where to drag. Please […]
Continue readingI attended my nephew’s baby naming a few weeks ago. How do you name your visuals? With all the advancements in creating visuals, there has been almost zero progress in how people title those visuals. Is “Trends for 6 months” really adding value? That should be obvious from the visual! This problem ties back to […]
Continue readingThe cicadas are following their 17-year pattern. Find new patterns with Tableau. Today, I’m expanding on my post from a few weeks ago “Expand your creativity … by letting yourself be creative.” Many of my clients feel they are not creative and I try to encourage them to find the inner kid with the crayon — except […]
Continue readingSo many choices at the Madison Square Eats food rally this weekend. If only I had a dashboard… According to Merriam-Webster, a dashboard was “a screen on the front of a usually horse-drawn vehicle to intercept water, mud, or snow.” They were meant to protect the driver. Do modern dashboards protect us from the onslaught […]
Continue readingIt’s sunny in NJ today. Are big data stock raining money? First, I am not a stock analyst. Just read this post as my curiosity about how big data stocks are doing and the potential following Tableau Software’s IPO on May 17. What I see in the chart below is pretty interesting. Many companies I […]
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