Finding Beauty in Meaning
The data sits before me, neatly nestled to the left. The canvas before me is blank, just waiting. I drag
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Tableau can be elegant, simple, and beautiful.
Remakes, Revizzes, and Revamps – Who Owns what in a Creative Commons World?
Color Me Shocked: 5 Secrets to Improve Color Use in your Tableau Dashboards
Color is often cited as one of the hardest pieces to master in Tableau design. There’s a reason: conventional wisdom
Continue ReadingDesigning Tableau Dashboards to Analyze Data
I love when professionals in a field also work with data in their field. Take, for example, the brilliant mind
Continue ReadingDesigning Dashboards that Deliver: Translating Tableau Insights for Business Users
Analyzing Literacy’s Impact on Synapse Formation AKA Making Brains in Tableau
I’ve always been moderately obsessed with the brain. For starters, it’s creepy looking. I remember a cartoon where the villain
Continue ReadingDesigning Data Driven Applications in Tableau: How We Brainstorm
Everyone loves the idea generation phase. So, why it is the second step in our Designing Data Driven Applications in
Continue ReadingDesigning Data Driven Applications in Tableau: How We Scope
What I love most about Tableau is that it lets me do some pretty amazing things without writing a line
Continue ReadingRearranging Furniture: Dashboard Design, Placement & Movement
“Did you really have to move that?” It’s a common (and fair) question that applies both to my house and Tableau dashboards.
Continue ReadingHumans and Dashboards = Tableau Design meets IDEO (AKA Design Thinking)
A friend of mine recently asked about my process for designing dashboards, namely “requirements gathering.” When left to my own
Continue ReadingPop Dashboards: Playing with Color in Tableau
I recently got asked about color palettes when I posted a sample to Twitter. Tableau allows you to customize your
Continue ReadingGiorgio, Linguistics, and Birds
This is a long-form version of my poster from Tapestry discussing Kelly Martin’s bird-plane viz. It’s my first take at
Continue ReadingThe Language of Data Visualization: Tapestry Sneak Peak
Previously, I’ve discussed how data visualization matches the definition of language. So, where do we go from there? In American Sign
Continue ReadingAlice in Wonderland: A Linguistics Approach to Data Visualization
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re
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