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.
How #Tableau Helps Visualize Environmental Cleanup Data
Tableau was used to visualize about eight years of groundwater cleanup data. The total volume of groundwater that was remediated and the total mass of contaminants removed was visualized in Tableau dashboards.
A Nightmare on Excel Street
One night after getting frustrated with helping my son complete some Excel homework, my dreaming brain made me watch a movie called “A Nightmare on Excel Street”. You have to read the article to understand what that means.
Andy Kriebel and the Chicago Bears Crack Me Up Again!
At first glance, you wouldn’t think that Andy Kriebel and the Chicago Bears have anything in common. Then again, you would be wrong. Read the article to find out why.
Pure Sweetness: The @Desmos Graphing Calculator
The Desmos graphing calculator is a very nice tool. If you have kids that are learning math, this is something that you need to show them how to use.
Using #Alteryx and #Tableau to Visualize and Understand Population Density
Sometimes real work leads to auxillary work that is needed for another purpose. That was the case in this article in which I took a deep dive into computing and visualizing population densities across the US. The results were fascinating and made a good case to share in this blog.
How The VizPainter Blazes #Tableau Trails
The VizPainter has delivered another masterpiece. This trail-blazing Tableau master used a shape file that had a time series history of the United States to win the most recent Iron Viz Competition against some amazing Tableau artists.
Me, My Wife, and #Tableau Data Stories
Introduction This is a story from today as my wife Toni and I were driving overnight from Knoxville, TN to Charleston, SC to hop on a cruise. At 2 am.or so, I looked over at her to tell her a story. This is how it went… Ken: There are about 101,000 weather monitoring stations around…
Test 6 of Tableau Vs Power BI: The Shapefile Showdown
This is test 6 of a series that compares Tableau to Power BI. The purpose of this test is to compare and contrast each program’s ability to read and work with shapefiles.
A Parent’s Survival Guide To Dental Braces
One day I heard a guy say that his brother had to wear “adult braces” after getting cracked in the mouth. Adult braces, I wondered, as I stood there as an adult wearing braces! I thought to myself that braces are braces, no matter how old you are when you are wearing them. They can hurt but they do great things for your smile. Hence, this article was born.
Do You Live In An Area Impacted By Global Warming?
This is a fun article. I created a Tableau dashboard that allows us to view 55 years of temperature data to see if global warming is impacting where we live. When you spend a little time using this tool, you will have a better appreciation of the variability of weather and the difficulty of concluding anything about global warming.
A Descriptive and Predictive Study of North American Air Temperature Changes Using #Alteryx and #Tableau
In my continuing series of understanding air temperature changes over time, I go deep to develop predictive models of air temperature changes at over 3200 monitoring stations. Alteryx and Tableau simply were outstanding in allowing me to perform this work in a couple of nights.
Tableau vs Power BI – Summary to Date
This is a summary article that contains links to the Tableau vs Power BI series I have been working on. I also include some impressions about using the software tools in real-world situations.
How I Use #Tableau As A Search Engine
The vision formed 2 years ago. Many months of experimentation and testing went into completing the vision. You need to read the article to understand what I mean.
Test 5 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Pure Computational Speed
This is test 5 of a series that compares Tableau to Power BI. The purpose of this test is to see which program has a faster computational engine.