Using Tableau to Animate Great Circle Flight Paths

I built upon an approach published by James Dunkerley to animate flight paths using a great circle approach. I’m going to use this method to introduce nice visualizations at my workplace.

Benchmarking the Alteryx Fuzzy Matching Tool

I’m a guy that likes to know how things work. By its very nature, interpreting results from a fuzzy matching algorithm can be a bit fuzzy. The reduce the fuzziness, I got down and dirty and did a couple of sensitivity analyses on the fuzzy matching tool to gain a better understanding of how it works.

The Emergence of Popular Baby Names in 2015

In part 2 of my baby name series, I determine the emerging popular baby names for boys and girls in 2015.

Possibly The Most Important Rich Roll (@richroll) Podcast So Far

There is a great new RRP episode on the importance of sleep. I found it to be a outstanding resource and helped me understand many things about the critical need for sleep.