Applying a few data literacy principles, I’ve rewritten the story for a more general audience (i.e. less analytical). [00:00:08] I was looking for something interesting to cover about COVID-19 and came across this new visualization on Tableau Public. It’s actually published by the COVID-19 Data Hub.[00:00:20] The first thing that I want to cover and […]
Continue reading[00:00:02] I happen to be a craft beer lover. Some people even call me a beer nerd. So when I came across this particular viz, I thought there was going to be a lot of good information in here, but I found it really difficult to look at and wasn’t really sure how to navigate […]
Continue readingI’m a baseball fan (check out my Tableau Public work here). When I’m not watching the Yankees on TV (@Yankees), I’m following on ESPN’s mobile app. It’s amazing to me not only how well the app stays in sync with the game, but how much data they have packed onto a small screen. Except … […]
Continue readingI was watching the replay of Adam Rippon’s great performance and something kept distracting me. Can you see it?! Congratulations to all Olympians across the globe. Your singular focus and determination are inspiring beyond words. Well, many of you cannot see it — meaning the red and green score in the upper left corner. I’m exaggerating […]
Continue readingI came across these two stacked bar visualizations and felt compelled to speak with you all. If two major companies communicate with their audiences this way, I’d bet there are many authoring similar works.Google AnalyticsFacebook investors presentationA basic visualization rule is to use separate colors for distinct items like search channels or geographic regions — […]
Continue readingI just read this article (https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-shares-lack-direction-1518051458) and had to immediately post. I’ll keep it simple:I had to figure out the colored bars corresponded to the Feb 2018 declines.There’s no legend for the gradient. I assume it’s the percentage of decline.Labeling each bar would make the amount of decline specific.The chart is placed far away from […]
Continue reading[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″][cs_element_row _id=”2″][cs_element_column _id=”3″][cs_element_text _id=”4″][x_blockquote cite=”” type=”left”]“Tableau is going to enable users to create better looking charts faster — a lot more of them — and they won’t necessarily help make better business decisions.”[/x_blockquote][cs_element_text _id=”6″][cs_element_text _id=”7″][cs_element_headline _id=”8″][x_blockquote cite=”” type=”left”]“Hyper will enable existing bad habits. It will increase the performance of slow, poorly designed dashboards and […]
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Continue reading[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/3″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://decisionviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Tableau_TableauFoundationLogo_COLOR-300-x.png” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/3″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://decisionviz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DecisionViz_Symbol_PNG-80-x-80.png” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][/cs_column][cs_column […]
Continue reading[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 20px;”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]If you are not concerned with government waste — you will be now! I came across this article a few weeks ago and was taken aback in so many ways, felt compelled to put this through […]
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