The Alteryx Advantages
I’ve been using and testing Alteryx for eight years. I’ve made tens of thousands of Alteryx runs. I’ve experienced thousands of hours of compute time. What have I learned? You will need to read the article to find out.
A Useful DMA Shapefile For #Tableau and #Alteryx
In this article, the technique of polygon generalization is used to reduce the complexity of DMA boundaries. This boundary change makes preparing and displaying DMA-based data much faster in Tableau.
The Making of A Home Office
It took a month to make a new home office for me. This is the story of how that happened.
Results of Big Data Experimentation With #Alteryx and #Tableau (Part 1)
This article discusses testing of the new Alteryx AMP engine. The Alteryx Multi-threaded Processing (AMP) engine has shown excellent computational speed improvements during the past few months of testing.
How To Use Python, Alteryx, and OCR / AI to Extract Data From Images
In this article, I use a little bit of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to save myself from having to do a few hours of mundane data entry. It’s not as hard as you think it is to do something like this if you have the ability to use Python and Alteryx.
How To Rapidly Retrieve Data From Large Data Sets Using @Alteryx
Alteryx has a secret weapon when working with large data sets. This weapon is called Calgary files. In this article, I show an example of using Calgary files.
Why You Should Consider Becoming A Volunteer Software Tester
For four decades, I’ve been a volunteer software tester. Looking back on these experiences has shown me that I learned a lot about software. This knowledge helped me be a better developer. During some recent testing, I realized how important volunteer software testers can be to companies that use them.
I Wonder What is Causing This Weird USA April Warming and Cooling Pattern
Today is Earth day which reminded me that I wanted to talk about a peculiar temperature change pattern I’ve detected. I don’t have the answer of why it has occurred over a four-day window in April. This pattern is revealing itself over 60 years through millions of temperature readings. Be sure to get to the end of the file to see the baby birdies!
How to Make Exponential Growth Predictions Using #Coronavirus Data
Sometimes I like doing simple scientific experiments with data that is collected manually. In this article, I show how it is easy to collect data using the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus dashboard. This is a good study for middle school to early high school age kids to replicate.
A 12 Month Calendar of Global Warming For the United States
I have been conducting focused work for six years that has allowed me to create something interesting. I can now produce global warming calendars that allow me to track how global warming is impacting temperatures in any region of the world. In this article, I show monthly calendars for the United States.
How Colton’s Accomplishments Became One of My Proud Moments in 2019
This story spans more than two decades. I have watched our beautiful baby boy grow up to be a fine young man. It is now time for Colton to find his place in the working world. It is my hope that he is able to find a job that will allow him to use his education and creativity to do great things for the company that hires him.
Many Tableau Vizzes Used To Make Other Pictures
I have always wanted to create photo mosaics. I think they are cool. In this article, I show some examples I made this week with a program called TurboMosaic.
Insights On Living With Type 1 Diabetes
My friend wrote an important article that I think is setting the stage for some big developments. He is a talented guy and I just want to help him spread his knowledge.
How Alteryx Took Me to the Edge of Comprehension and Sanity But Tableau Saved Me
Learning to solve complex problems takes time, practice and patience. It also requires great software like Alteryx and Tableau. For the past two months, I’ve taken a deep dive into a naturally complex system. I feel like a deep diver that needs to come up for a breath of fresh air.
Why @Alteryx and @Tableau Are Sticky Products
It has taken me a while to understand something important about Alteryx and Tableau. Each of these products are very sticky. By sticky, I mean that I have become dependent upon them to do a lot of different jobs. They both are great products for different reasons, but the combination of them is hard to beat when working with data.