My Work on Quora
It is very easy to get lost in time as you read questions and answers in the site called Quora. Over time, I find myself reading more content on this site because it has a uniqueness that I haven’t found anywhere else.
When The Shotgun Is In Your Face, Priorities Quickly Change
When random violence enters your life, you gain a new perspective on life. This is a story from my 16th year of life, which might have easily been my last.
The Allure of Data Visualization Via #Tableau
I like to play with pictures by turning numbers into visualizations. It is a passion of mine and I am proud of it.
How To Use Hadoop With #Tableau and #Alteryx
We recently made a discovery that allows us to use Alteryx and Tableau with the IBM BigInsights Hadoop platform. This article describes how that happens.
The Big Book Of Dashboards is Big, But The Workshop Is Bad To The Bone!
The workshop that accompanies the Big Book of Dashboards is excellent. I had a great time during the inaugural course and I encourage anyone interested in this topic to attend a future workshop, if possible.
Temperature Changes Over the Past 50 Years: A Visual Tour Country by Country
Three years have come down to this article. I now feel that I have a good grasp on the spatial and temporal changes in temperature over the past 50 years. I feel like I have now achieved one of my goals in doing this work.
Global Climate Data Set 2 – Monthly and Decade Average Temperatures
In this article, I give links to monthly aggregated temperatures, as well as decade aggregated results. These files are much smaller than the daily data files and should be easier for most people to render in Tableau or their favorite graphics package.
Global Climate Data Set 1 – Daily Temperatures
This is the first article of a series that will give download links to the processed global climate data sets I have developed. This article contains daily temperatures from monitoring stations around the world.
My #Alteryx17 Climate Change Presentation
June 6, 2017 was a great day for me. I was able to discuss three years of work with a room full of people at the Alteryx 2017 Inspire Conference. It was dream come true.
How To Achieve Better Data Comprehension, Part 3
It has taken me eight months to finish this series on achieving data comprehension. This is the third and final installment that explains how I have learned to be a data exploiter. You will need to read the article to find out what that means.
How I Use #Alteryx and #Tableau to Comprehend Climate Change
I presented this talk on May 4, 2017 in Austin, TX, at the Tableau customer summit. I want to say thanks to Brenda Akers for asking me to do this because it gave me a chance to share my work from the past few years.
How To Perform Multi-Field Searching In #Tableau
There might be a time when you want to search for something in a dashboard, and this something might come from different fields. For example, you might want to search for someone based on their name OR their email address. A solution to this problem is shown in this article.
A Short #Tableau Data Story – #2 (circa 1985)
This is my second short Tableau data story. The theme is motorcycles and being a data dork. You have to read the article for proof of why I believe I am a naturally born data dork.
A Short #Tableau Data Story – #1 (circa 1986)
Now over 30 years ago, the summer of 1986 was a fun one for me. In this short story, I relate some climate data back to my life, with the focus being on July 31, 1986.
Lessons Learned About #Tableau From The Excel Battlefield
Some stories do not need pictures. This is one of them. I don’t often write them this way, but sometimes the truth must be told without accoutrements and embellishments.