This article started out as a comment to a comment to a comment. etc. I just got tired of this senseless series of personal attacks by a man named George. So instead of burying my response down deep in my comment section, I thought I’d raise the visibility up a bit so that people can see for themselves what can happen when a good deed gets transformed into a personal attack.
Android has ruled my world. The Apple iPhone has not. After all these years, I’m going to give it a try. I’m going to find out whether I’m a moron that cannot adapt to “easy to use” technology, or if the technology isn’t really easy to use. Maybe I’ll be surprised by the results this time.
This is test #2 of Tableau vs Power BI using real-world data. The goal in this test was to see how each package could visualize flowing water as it moves across the 3D topographic surface of the Livingstone District.
In this brief story, I offer to you an insight that took me a long time and a lot of practice to uncover. I think this insight in one of the secrets of why Tableau has become so popular with so many people.
It was the best time of my professional career. The potential good that could come from this work is monumental. Unfortunately, I don’t do this type of work anymore. Such is life.
This is test #1 of Tableau vs Power BI using real-world data. The goal in this test was to see how each package could visualize high-resolution topographic data.
It was the summer of 1986. I got to sleep under the ski chair lifts in Vail Colorado as I followed the world’s greatest cyclists as they rode around Colorado. I can’t think of a better thing to do when you are 23 years old.
Before we go any further, let me preface this article in this way: In this story, there is data, there is science, there is a problem and there is a solution. There is also some suffering. Therefore this article fits perfectly in the context of this blog!
After a bit of cooperation between friends, I decided to continue the Power BI analysis. We want to document how Power BI stacks-up against the Alteryx + Tableau combination that is so successful at producing great data comprehension and visualizations. This series should be interesting over the next few months as we try to document what it is like to learn Power BI when you are a Power Alteryx and Tableau users.