The End of Self-Service: When we ask too much from our users
Has this ever happened to you: you settle in for what you think is going to be a moderate level
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The chasm between us and our users
Data workers live in an odd space – exposed to the hidden patterns of the world without often being immersed
Continue ReadingMini-Project: Mapping Grief
Call this the anecdata / sketching fuzzy data edition…. Lots of models exist for discussing grief. I wanted to provide
Continue ReadingLove It, Loathe It, and Lift It: The Missing Conversation on AI
I’ve sat through perhaps too many conversations on AI this month. Whether in-person (hi Outlier), online (oh, the discourse), or
Continue ReadingDigesting Outlier – Part One: The Panel
Outlier put out a lot of food for thought. I’m using these posts to digest what I took in and
Continue ReadingHidden Data Points: The Relationships that Shape Us
As GenAI moves into spaces we’ve historically held for trusted confidantes, we data people have to delve deeper into our
Continue ReadingMaybe you SHOULD judge this book by its cover…
You can’t write a book on functional aesthetics and not consider the external packaging. After all, it’s the first impression
Continue ReadingRants on Literacies: Whose job is it to communicate well, anyway?!
Children spend an exorbitant amount of time learning to read and write. For such a foundational skill, it’s a right
Continue ReadingWill AI eat my job?
Soha Elghany posed a question on Twitter that stopped me in my tracks. Further in the thread, she brings up
Continue ReadingWhat We Preserve
Mark Bradbourne hosts Just 5 Minutes, a podcast explores various themes around Tableau, data visualization, and life in general in
Continue ReadingRevisiting the Language of Data Visualization: 3 Themes to do Viz Better
Years ago, in a blog far away, I started thinking through how to do visualization better. Better, while it sounds
Continue ReadingWhat happens now?
In 2015, I asked this question over and over again. I’d jumped from a job where Tableau made maybe 10%
Continue ReadingManky Sankeys and Data Dilemmas: Data Doctor Download Returns
Hello vizzers and chart makers! You got data problems? You’ve come to the right place. Let’s get vizzy. Doc, Hello
Continue ReadingHow the EXCEL do I shape that?! Data Grains for (Wholesome) Analysis
When I started working with data, at some point, people started asking about grain. Now, I eat a variety of
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