What It Feels Like to Experience a Kidney Stone
This story explains what it felt like for me when I had a kidney stone episode. The pain was extreme and this story attempts to explain what happens when a kidney stone arrives.
How We Can Identify and Prevent Future School Rampage Events
School rampage shootings need to end. We need to work together to become more observant, to identify people that might commit future mass rampage events.
Proof of How Tableau Has Transformed Careers
It is unquestionable that Tableau has impacted many people. In fact, there are hundreds, if not thousands of people that have had career transformations because of Tableau. In this article, I give some cases of people that have been Tableau transformed.
How Tableau is Transformative
This is the story behind the making of my #MyTableauVoice video. Sometimes a simple thing like making a short video can teach you a lot about yourself and your personal journey in life.
The Times of Our Lives Part 2 – Via Google Photos
In part 2 of this series, I go back in time to relive family events. This article will have events going back to the 1970’s and individual photos older than that.
Lessons Learned From a Decade of Using #Tableau
Ten years have passed and my Tableau passion has not subsided. How can this be, I wonder? How can Tableau continue to be such an important and profound part of my working life?
To find the answers, I took a few minutes to think about what Tableau means to me and what I have learned over these 10 years. These are my insights and I believe them to be true.
Mike Glennon, Deshawn Watson, and My NFL Predictions
The Chicago Bears need to make a change at Quarterback. I already knew this was going to be the case about 7 months ago, before any football was played. I wonder why the football guys get paid so much money to make such terrible decisions.
The Magic That Happens When It All Comes Together
I can call it many things, but when the right technologies are coupled with seemingly insurmountable challenges, greatness can happen. Over the past couple of months I have been able to achieve some remarkable insights by using Alteryx and Tableau on some really fun project work.
The 2017 Total Eclipse Can’t be Eclipsed!
On 8/21/17, we viewed the total solar eclipse from Englewood, TN. It was magical.
Lessons Learned From My Participation in a Hackathon
Yesterday, I participated in my first Hackathon. I learned a lot about the event and gleaned some interesting insights into the benefit of participating in this type of activity. I think this article is worth reading if you have any interest in emerging technologies.
Lessons Learned From Top Coder Competitions
Fear can make you collapse, or fear can be a great motivator. Placing yourself into a position where you feel vulnerable can help you find out whether you can fight through adversity and compete, or whether you will succumb to the pressure of the moment. Today was a day filled with fear and I had to reach deep inside to do a job that I thought couldn’t be done.
Arnold
I wrote a term paper on Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1980 that predicted his future fame. I recently found my term paper and thought it would make a nice story about the one and only: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
From @Alteryx Inspire 2017: How Joe Mako is an Analytics Virtuoso
Writing articles about really talented people is easy to do. My buddy Joe Mako is seriously talented and I show why this is the case in this article.
Another Perspective On The Shotgun in Your Face Story
In part 2 of this story, I present a second perspective on a robbery that happened when I was 16 years old. The event is described by the other victim of the crime, my buddy Mark.
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.