Can Tableau really change your life?
Originally posted on That data viz guy:
Can Tableau really change your life? Well, you hear a lot on Twitter and blogs about how Tableau has helped people to really…
Category Archives: Visual Analytics
Chasing rainbows
Originally posted on The Data Animators:
It cropped up again last week; the dreaded statement from a BI professional We must have a single version of the truth… Anyone working in…
In praise of *unactionable* insight
Originally posted on The Data Animators:
One of the most common requests from my clients is for Actionable Insight; a desire to receive simple, understandable output from analytical activity which provides a clear indication…
Managing by Averages… of Averages
Originally posted on The Data Animators:
Much of my visual analysis is performed to help large companies – usually retailers and their suppliers – to better understand a perplexing problem or opportunity in…
Bad [data visualization] science?
I’m an avid reader of Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science blog, and equally enthusiastic for Stephen Few’s Perceptual Edge, so it’s interesting when they pick up on the same theme from […]
Skills for Big Data?
David Patton posed a question on the Google+ group Data Data Data yesterday, asking: For software developers wishing to work in Big Data, what do you think are the most […]
From HBR: IT fumbling analytics
Harvard Business Review certainly doesn’t need endorsement from me; its impact is well-known worldwide. So it’s the spirit of sharing with fellow Data Animators that I’m about to rave about […]
Where is the “fix my business” button?
I’m a business guy – I own and run a small, growing business and empathise (or is that sympathise) with other businesspeople charged with managing, directing and shaping the businesses […]
Why You Should Animate Your Data to Liberate It
Andy Cotgreave (@acotgreave) posted the following in reply to my comments on his article at The Huffington Post (link at foot of this post). My original comments were a shortened […]
Should we meet our heroes?
A couple of years ago I found myself trying to work out why I’m such an avid visual thinker. Is it nature, nurture or both? To tackle the nurture question […]
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