The Tableau World Podcast: Recent Episodes
Emily Kund & Matt Francis
Hear from the people who make and use Tableau, run enterprise deployments and create data art. Emily Kund and Matt Francis discuss everything to do with Tableau and data visualisation in a conversational format.
Well it wouldn't be TC without the rockstar Francois Ajenstat on stage, so of course, we have to have him on the show. We talked about the conference, Devs on Stage and all the good stuff, including that photo from the keynote.
In this episode, Matt and Emily talked to Salesforce CMO Sarah Frankling about her experience of TC, the Salesforce family and how she feels about the #datafam
Today at #data22 we talked to Tableau CEO Mark Nelson about his thoughts on being back at conference, where Tableau is heading and how it feels to go from backroom coder to company front man.
In the first podcast live from #data22 Matt and Emily talked to Francis Dejonckheere about Tableau Blueprint and how it can be used to transform organisations to be data driven
In this episode of the Tableau World Podcast, Emily talks with Frank Elevasky on accessibility in dataviz, the Chartability tool, and his three wishes. Check out Chartability, a tool to help you determine the accessibility of a viz, by going to: https://chartability.fizz.studio/ Follow Frank at: https://twitter.com/frankelavsky?lang=en
This week Matt and Emily talk about some changes to the podcast, which is now called The Tableau World Podcast, with a shiny new logo too.
This week its all about new things, a New Tableau CEO, a new Tableau 2021.1 release and a new blog at www.mattsworldofviz.com
At the last in person Tableau conference we sat down with Francois, Andrew and Mark Nelson, little did we know he would become the big boss, or maybe we did.
What happens when someone who doesn't set goals chats to someone that likes to set them? This podcast! Today Matt and Emily talk about how to set goals both in personal and professional situations. The importance of rewarding yourself and ensuring that your goals are achievable.
In the final episode of 2020 we review the latest release of Tableau with Craig Bloodworth and discuss all the new features.
We also come up with the amazing idea of Francois on the Shelf, available in 2021.
This week we are joined by Eva Murray who talks about her new book, Empowered by Data: How to Build Inspired Analytics Communities and the new Womens Writers Club https://womenswritersclub.mailerpage.com/
We take a look back at TC20 and discuss some of the things we really loved about Tableaus first attempt at a virtual conference and we look forward to the original Tableau Virtual conference, TFF20
This week Matt and Emily preview Tableau #data20ish. The 2nd online tableau conference, after #TFF.
In this episode Matt and Emily launch the voting for the 2020 Tableau Podcast Community awards, the Vizzies. With special thanks to Kevin Flerlage. Think of the SAG awards, but for the Tableau datafam. You can find the voting form here bit.ly/2020vizziesnoms
This week Matt and Emily talk relationship noodles and what they mean for your data. Is this the end of joins? Of course, It depends.
Big News!
COVID-19 shifted the way we work and live and Iron Viz.
In this episode, Matt & Emily share about big news in the Tableau world;
• Racial Justice Initiative and commentary about what Tableau as a company is doing to be more diverse in their leadership Introspection and Action: An open letter from Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky | Tableau Software
• Iron Viz competition Ready to take your data skills to the next level? Iron Viz is back for 2020 with our biggest prizes yet | Tableau Software
• Tableau Ambassador nominations Nominations and Applications are now open for 2020 Tableau Ambassadors, Introducing DataDev Ambassadors! | Tableau Software
We are back for our usual banter and chat. This week Em and Matt talked Lockdown, Covid, Data and virtual meetups
This week we talked to Paul Isaacs, one of the people beind the exciting new animations in Tableau 2020
A new release of Tableau means a new tech chat with Jmac and Craig. We talked animations, dynamic parameters and all the other gifts that Ajenstat has given unto us.
In the first podcast of 2020, Matt and Emily talked to @BBCNews Senior data journalist Christine Jeavans (@chrisjeavans). Christine works for the News Graphics team and creates data visualizations for the BBC News Website. We discussed the recent general elections results and the challenge of making accessible visualizations for the masses.
Some of the work we talked about in the episode :
BMI Tracker https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43697948
How Much Warmer is your City? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-985b9374-596e-4ae6-aa04-7fbcae4cb7ee
Whats Your Diets Foot print ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46459714
2019 General Election Results https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2019/results
2019 General Election Analysis https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50770798
NHS Tracker https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41483322
We sat down to look back at 2019, we talked about the releases throughout the year, some of our favourite features, Salesforce, TC, Elections and some future plans for 2020
We concluded our #data19 live podcasts by sitting down with Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (@storywithdata) about how to make better stories with our data and #tableau
Continuing our #data19 podcasts we talked to Mike Hetrick, Senior Product Marketing Manager for @tableau Blueprint about how Blueprint came to be and what it can do for your #tableau adoption.
We talked to the Queen of set actions and Iron Viz Finalist Lindsey Poulter, and her Sous Chef former Tableau fan boy now employee Mark Bradbourne.
We had our regular #TC chat with @tableau CEO Adam Selipsky (@aselipsky) who talked about his #data19 keynote and the whole #tableau #datafam
We reassembled the dynamic #tableau product dream team, C3PO Francois Ajenstat, CTO Andrew Beers & EVP Product Development Mark Nelson to talk about whatever it is they do @tableau and how they enjoyed #data19
We talked to new girl, Jackie Yeaney @tableau's new EVP Marketing. She told us about her journey to #tableau and her experience of the madness of #data19. Will she swear? Well what do you think?
We talked to Victoria Wagner and Tyler (Mr Noodles) about their Devs on Stage experience at #data19, animations and the amazing new data modeling.
Tableau spends a lot of time researching the best way to talk to data. We chatted with Vidya Setlur on her work on NLP and the legendary Jock Mackinlay on having conversations with data.
We talked to Sara Rantschler, Devs on Stage about the amazing demos she showed for the new features coming to Tableau server, oh and her love of Pokemon
We talked to joint #Ironviz winners Hesham Eissa & Joshua Smith about what it was like to compete on stage in front of thousands at #data19, their journies to the stage and how they created their entries.
In the first of our live #data19 shows we talked to Neil Myrick, Tableau Foundation + special guest Eric Stowe, Splash, CEO & Founder
Matt & Emily were joined by members of the community to preview the Tableau event of the year. Heard about favourite sessions and top tips to make the most of data19
In this episode, Emily, Jonathan, and Craig get to talk about their features in the newest release.
Check out the new features here: https://www.tableau.com/products/new-features#feature-110598
Kelly Martin’s work on Tableau Public:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/kelly#!/
Don’t forget:
Nominations are now open for the Vizzies! Nominate people in the Tableau community for an award to be handed out at TC19 (do not need to be present to win).
http://bit.ly/2019vizzies
As we count down to our 200th Espisode we looked back at some of the best episodes and favorite interviews. This is an interview with founder and former Tableau CEO Christian Chabot from April 2015.
Matt and Emily have both recently taught Tableau in the classroom and created online learning courses. They both talk about their approach to teaching, some of the highs and lows and how to make sure that the course runs smoothly.
In the latest community chat, we talk about the recent acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce, what it will mean for Tableau & the community.
On this episode, Matt and Emily are joined by technical correspondents, Craig Bloodworth and JMac (Jonathan MacDonald) to discuss the standout features of 2019.2. Listen as the crew talks about Mapping, New Server features, and their personal standouts.
Lindsay Betzendahl joins us on the podcast to talk about all things Project Health Viz, her decision for not participating in the first feeder for Iron Viz, and her three wishes for Tableau. Check out this episode to learn more about Lindsay and don’t forget to check out Project Health Viz. You can learn more about it here: https://vizzendata.com/projecthealthviz/.
As its Iron Viz season we talked to Iron Viz Europe finalist Sarah Bartlett about what its like to compete on stage and what it takes to get to the finals.
Mark Jewett, head of Product Marketing for Tableau joins us in this episode. Mark also issues "a how to measure hugs" challenge. We’re counting on you listeners to deliver on the #markjewetthugchallenge. We also talk about all things community and the features that the community is showing love for.
In this episode, Matt and Emily speak with Chantilly Jaggernauth to explore her favorite vizzes. We also talk her Tableau journey and her MAD (Millennials and Data) work. Check out her favorites vizzes here: 1st: SafeSleep https://public.tableau.com/profile/chantilly.jaggernauth#!/vizhome/SafeSleep_0/Safesleep 2nd: Significant Earthquakes Around the World https://public.tableau.com/profile/chantilly.jaggernauth#!/vizhome/SignificantEarthquakesAroundtheWorld1918-2018/SignificantEarthquakes … 3rd: Percent of Females in Leadership and Tech https://public.tableau.com/profile/chantilly.jaggernauth#!/vizhome/PercentofFemalesinLeadershipandTech/DearTechPeople …
On this episode, Matt and Emily are joined by technical correspondents, Craig Bloodworth and JMac (Jonathan MacDonald) to discuss the standout features of 2019.1. Listen as the crew talks about Ask Data, Prep Conductor, and their personal standouts.
Check out the list of new features here: https://www.tableau.com/products/new-features
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Good day and good viz!
In this episode, Matt and Emily talk with Kevin Flerlage in their new feature, Author Insights. Learn about Kevin’s Tableau journey as well as his top three favorite vizzes that he’s created as well as his favorite vizzes from other authors.
Check out the vizzes here:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/kevin.flerlage#!/vizhome/TheAfricanWaterCrisis_1/WaterDashboard
https://public.tableau.com/profile/kevin.flerlage#!/vizhome/IronVizEntry-TheLorax/TheLorax
https://public.tableau.com/profile/kevin.flerlage#!/vizhome/FlowersofLife/FlowerDashboard
His favorite vizzes from other authors:
Adam McCann’s Beatles Analysis: https://public.tableau.com/shared/3DH3RJ567?:display_count=yes
Ken Flerlage’s Killing Fields
https://public.tableau.com/views/TheKillingFields3/KillingFields?:embed=y&:display_count=yes
Chantilly Jaugernauth’s NHL Viz
https://public.tableau.com/views/NHLGameAttendance_0/NHLGameAttendance?:embed=y&:display_count=yes
Check out Kevin’s website at: https://www.kevinflerlage.com
New Year, New Stuff! In this episode, Matt and Emily discuss upcoming changes to the format of the podcast. And in the interest of new beginnings, New Year’s Resolutions, Matt asks Emily an unscripted question about how to start a blog and gets a little more than he bargained for. Emily’s Key Takeaways: Start a blog if you love writing and are passionate about a subject. Find what medium works best for you (vlog, blog, podcast, etc). Consider the tools available and go with the one that works for you. Matt and Emily also discuss new projects in the community. Check them out: http://mentoringmeetup.com https://sarahlovesdata.co.uk/tag/ironquest/ https://throwback-thursday.com https://data.world/sportsvizsunday https://vizzendata.com/projecthealthviz/ Don’t forget to check out the upcoming virtual and in person Tableau User Groups here: https://community.tableau.com/community/groups
In Episode 188, Matt and Emily discuss the impactful features from Tableau releases this year, reviews of a few conferences, and focus areas for 2019.
We talked to Neal Myrick from the Tableau Foundation and Jeff Bernson from PATH about the amazing collaboration with the Zambian government with the goal of eridacating Malaria in Zambia, something which is now within sight.
We chattted about all things Prep with Senior Product Manager Zaheera Valani including the crowd favorite Run on server with the new Prep Conductor.
In the first of our live #TC18 recordings we talked to Tyler Doyle about Data Modeling, Data Governance (Matt's favorite) and the return of the pineapple
Community Conversations: #tc18 preview Emily & Matt are joined by members of the community to share their top tips & what they’re most looking forward to. Special programming note: we’ll be podcasting live from the data village so stop by and say hi! The Vizzies will also be at 6:15pm on Monday. Don’t miss this major community event! Don’t miss items: Fanalytics: Thursday Oct 25th 2:15-5:15pm Katie Wagner’s Lagniappe from Locals viz to help curate a fantastic experience while in New Orleans. https://interworks.com/blog/kwagner/2018/10/16/lagniappe-from-locals-a-tc18-experience-guide-for-nola/ Katie also helped us know what to pack in this viz about the weather: https://tabsoft.co/2NCBj9x
This week Matt and Emily preview TC18. They talk about what they are looking forward to, predict what Devs on stage will be showing and some of the other great things at conference away from the main stage and sessions.
In this episode, we talk to Jovan Levokic and Helen Jones about the BBC Audience Team’s Style Guide, which you can find by going to: https://public.tableau.com/views/BBCAudiencesTableauStyleGuide/MoreInfo2?:embed=y&:display_count=yes We talk about the process for creating the style guide and gave kudos for such a comprehensive tool they’ve built. Jovan shared the materials they considered when completing their style guides: IBM: https://www.ibm.com/design/language/experience/data-visualization/ The ONS: https://style.ons.gov.uk/category/data-visualisation/ The Sunlight Foundation: https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/03/12/datavizguide/ Andy Cotgreave's Oxford University style guide: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/6a4b704f-24ea-4b87-bc8d-bf34327e3979/Tableau%20style%20guide.pdf Announcements Jovan has since started the https://synthesisbureau.com/ which is a data visualization practice that also includes R&D (how cool is that?) which means there’s an open position on the BBC Audience’s team. You can learn more about this job by going to: https://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Data-Analytics-Manager-Visualisation/29671. The job closes 7 October 2018, so make sure you act fast if this is the position for you! Nominations for the Vizzies close on 30 September 2018, so make sure you vote for this community-based award! www.bit.ly/2018Vizzies Speaker applications close soon for TFF LATAM! Check out http://www.thefringefestival.rocks/tff-the-americas-latam--nam.html for the speaker application (we have them in English, Spanish, and Portuguese). Applications close on 30 September! Don’t miss sharing your message about the Tableau eco-system with LATAM and the world! TFF LATAM will be held on 16 November 2018! Good day and good viz!
The third iron viz feeder had us like whoa!! We skimmed the 78 entries and discussed a few of the ones that caught our respective eyes. Listen and let us know which ones you liked. https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/08/iron-viz-water-vote-crowd-favorite Between recording and publication, the winners were announced! https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/09/iron-viz-water-winners We also discussed that the awards nomination process is open for the 2018 Vizzies! Vote now! bit.ly/2018vizzies Stay tuned for our community conversations TC18 preview podcasts coming soon!
This week Matt and Emily welcomed back TWP Technical Correspondent @craigbloodworth of infolabUK about the new #tableau 2018.2 updates including extensions, transparency, and comments. He also launched https://theinformationlab.co.uk/lab/
Lisa Charlotte Rost visits the podcast and talks about gender color, why these nuanced discussions are valuable, and her three wishes for data visualization (we guarantee one of them will come true)! ___________________________ Check out Lisa’s blog on gender color at: https://blog.datawrapper.de/gendercolor/ Her personal site at: https://lisacharlotterost.de A datavis book club she’s starting: https://blog.datawrapper.de/bookclub-tufte/
In this extended podcast, Andy Kriebel discusses why he recreated the Financial Time’s Visual Vocabulary in Tableau and the fact that he doesn’t know it all. We also discuss attribution and simple ideas to implement to prevent plagiarism. The Head Coach also discusses the Data School Down Under and training. To see the Visual Vocabulary in Tableau: https://public.tableau.com/views/VisualVocabulary/VisualVocabulary?:embed=y&:display_count=yes
Mentoring with Alicia Bembenek and Mike Cisneros Alicia and Mike join Emily on this episode about mentoring. They share their mentoring journey to date and give us a preview of their talk about mentoring at the upcoming Tableau conference. Learn more about Mike at https://www.mikevizneros.com/ and Alicia at https://www.viztoaction.com/
In this bonus episode, we talk about the recent new member community engagement podcast and provide our takeaways. On the whole, we are welcoming as a community; there aren’t major issues. The discussion was good (in the podcast and online) and led to some easy to really great ideas for helping new people get connected to the community. TUGs are an important entry point. We need connectors like Michael Cristiani to introduce us to people and get connected to social projects. Take action when you see a need. Thanks to all who engaged in this conversation.
TWP Community Conversations: New Community Member Engagement Hear from a panel of seasoned and relatively new Tableau community members as they share their observations on ensuring the community is an open, welcoming place. We discuss topics like the quality of work as a barrier, entry points into the community, and the platform veteran community members on the panel prefer to use to get connected. Check out some of the following community current events: Tableau Community Founders Award Nominations Due July 27th https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2018/6/community-founders-award-tableau-conference-attendance-90314 Health and Wellness Iron Viz Feeder Due July 13th https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/03/iron-viz-2018-schedule Next TWP Community Conversation is on mentoring. Join us on July 17th at 6am AEST/9pm BST/4pm EDT/1pm PDT for a conversation on mentoring which will be recorded for a future podcast episode. http://bit.ly/twprecording
@Matt_Francis talked to the events team of @amy_schneider @Rory_Heath & @aschulner about the challenges of putting on an event like TC. How do you even start planning, and how do you handle a unexpected event that means moving an event for 15,000 people in less than a week.
@Matt_Francis & @EmmaWhyte talked to @JamesEiloart about his conference experience, how its grown but stayed the same, data literacy, AI, chess, history, electricity. #tableau
@Matt_Francis talked to new boy @jmarkjewett and conference veteran @agilminer about their #TC18Europe experience and we decide whether Mark is one of us
@Matt_Francis talked to @jonathandrummey and the awesome @AnyaAHearn about working to eliminate Malaria with PATH and Data+Women
@Matt_Francis talked to @TableauLaura about teaching people #tableau and about the challenges of the virtual classroom and remote learning.
We started off the conference in style talking to Tableau C3PO Francois Ajenstat. We discussed Tablea Prep, Public, AI, VR and of course 3d exploding pie charts.
TCE Preview In this community conversation, we talk about TC Europe! Guests Emma Whyte, Ali Motion, and Mark Bradbourne share their conference thoughts. We review some tips for preparing for conference, how conference veterans provide their thoughts on how they approach conference, and sessions to look forward to. Ali is a conference first-timer, which made Emily’s super-excited level go through the roof. We’ll check back in with Ali after the conference! Don’t miss Emma Whyte’s session: Transforming and Visualising Survey Data with Tableau Prep and Tableau at 16:45 on Wednesday. Tableau also took care of the Americans and others who aren’t able to attend TC Europe. Keynotes, and selected sessions are available for livestreaming! No #TCFOMO tabsoft.co/2tFUGXw _____________________________ Get hyped! TCC APAC speaker applications close on 1 July. Apply at http://bit.ly/2018TFFAPAC and share your message!
In this episode of the TWP, Matt and Emily discuss their takeaways from Alberto Cairo’s Visual Trumpery talk, Wonder Women Tech’s Conference in London, and the recent London TUG meeting. If you missed the London TUG, you can watch it here: My Tableau Community Retrospective: https://youtu.be/DtSACtpMsAc Talking Data Visualisation Panel: https://youtu.be/UNwp0e0Ki_c You can apply to be a speaker for the upcoming TFF APAC (held on August 17, 2018). Speaker applications are due July 1st. http://bit.ly/2018TFFAPAC or check out more information about the Tableau Fringe Festival at www.thefringefestival.rocks. Join the conversation next week Topic: TWP Community Conversations: TCE Preview Time: Jun 26, 2018 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3013517398
Inspired by Sarah Nell’s post on #dataliteracy, we open the topic up for #communityconversations. Thanks to Mark Kernke, Fi Gordon, Sarah Bartlett, and Milad Toliyati for joining in on the conversation. Milad shared that according to one survey, 80% of the world is literate, while only 20% of the world is data literate. “Data literacy is the ability to read, understand, create and communicate data as information.” Haven’t we been doing this? Is data literacy just a newest marketing catchphrase? Our guests also share their thoughts on data literacy. We’re looking forward to continuing the conversation, so stay tuned for more! Read more about Sarah’s post on The Data Literacy Disruption: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/data-literacy-disruption-its-time-change-education-mindset-sarah-nell/
This week Matt went it alone and talked to Craig Bloodworth of The Information Lab about the new Tabeau Prep (formally Maestro), The new 2018.1 release and the new pricing model.
This week we looked at some of the Iron Viz Europe entries and discussed our favourites.
TFFEMEA was a huge success, a marathon of awesome content. This week we went behind the scenes with the event hosts, Sarah, Simon and Waseem
Listen to how Simeon Beaumont, Head of Information, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, led adoption of Tableau in his organization. His aha! moment from Tableau Conference on Tour to see the importance of not only the technical training but the art of possible with data visualization. Important nuggets * The community projects help with learning. * Keep it simple to begin * Supportive executive sponsors are essential to adoption. * Positive deviants—celebrate success. Those who aren’t part of it will want to be part of it. * Use data differently.
On this episode, Matt covers his favorite features from the newly released 10.5, Emily gives us some soundbites from Wonder Women Tech, & we preview the Tableau Fringe Festival speakers. Check out Wonder Women Tech here: https://wonderwomentech.com/ Also, support one of our community members help build Alice’s brain, if you’re willing and able: https://t.co/yAK9SMqZWM
It’s the Thanksgiving episode! In this episode, Matt and Emily share some listener thoughts on what they are thankful for in the Tableau world, which you can check out here: https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast/status/932974920845484032 Emily would be thankful if you registered here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M89TdhFAT1CdgwGFOpuWSA for the community-based Tableau Fringe Festival. Don’t forget the Iron Viz survey which you can find here: https://goo.gl/forms/g2ljlwgikQcKQ7wA3 We are super thankful for such great listeners. Thank you (& happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it)!
It’s the Thanksgiving episode! In this episode, Matt and Emily share some listener thoughts on what they are thankful for in the Tableau world, which you can check out here: https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast/status/932974920845484032 Emily would be thankful if you registered here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M89TdhFAT1CdgwGFOpuWSA for the community-based Tableau Fringe Festival. Don’t forget the Iron Viz survey which you can find here: https://goo.gl/forms/g2ljlwgikQcKQ7wA3 We are super thankful for such great listeners. Thank you (& happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it)!
This week we reviewed the 2017 Vizzie Awards from #data17 and discussed the happenings at Fanalytics post conference and some of the talking points that arose from it. https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2017/10/what-happened-fanalytics-year-part-2 http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-em/diversity-leadership-and-iron-viz https://missdataviz.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/ironviz-participation-data-collection/
We had the great pleasure to talk to Tableau CMO Elissa Fink. The F-Dawg took time off from conference to talk about the event, what she has been up to, drop the odd f-bomb or two, and reveal the location of tc18.
It's our regular catchup with Tableau CPO Francois, the man who needs no surname. We talked product releases and how Tableau plan to update the software in the future and his conference highlights.
We finished off #data17 by talking to Marcelo Guerra Hahn about the new enterprise features shown in devs on stage and of course cows.
We were lucky to have Adam Selipsky take a break from a busy #data17 conference to talk about his year as CEO, the difference between this and his first conference, and how to address diversity in tech.
Third up in our #data17 Devs on Stage series was Rachel Boy who talked to us about editing on the web, nested projects and pre-built dashboards.
Next up in our #data17 Devs on Stage was Kent Marten, who just loves maps! With guest interviewers Waseem Ali and Nai Louza
Our #Data17 coverage continues with the first of our chats with the Devs on Stage. First up was Shahaf Nuriel who talked rulars, grids and all sorts of sorting.
In our first live podcast of #data17 we talked to the Squad who makes it happen. Jordan Scott, Keyana Corliss, Sarah Goehri and Marissa Michelotti.
We reflect on the recent events in Las Vegas, talk resilience and look ahead to data17 with our 10 tips.
In this episode, we talk with Chris Toomey about the growing Tableau community. We talk about the challenges that come with growth and some solutions to make it a community welcoming and respectful to all. Check out Chris's blogpost at: bit.ly/tabcommunity.
Was Clear Graph clearly a good decision? Matt and Emily provide their thoughts on the newest tableau release, and M& &E give a rundown on community events such as The Vizzies Awards and The Fringe Festival. Learn more about ClearGraph https://www.tableau.com/about/press-releases/2017/tableau-acquires-natural-language-query-startup-cleargraph https://youtu.be/NTrWpphSKtY Nominate your favorite non-zen master for any of the Vizzies categories. www.tinyurl.com/2017vizzies Check out this mobile viz by Rob Crocker (link to register is in the viz) for TFF APAC conference on August 25th, 8:45a-5:15pm AEST. http://bit.ly/TFFAPACViz
Chloe Tseng and Brit Cava join Emily on the podcast to discuss the evolution of Viz for Social Good & She Talks Data. Hear why they started those initiatives & tips to be a change-maker. Check out Viz for Social Good and get updates on the UNDG virtual conference at: https://www.vizforsocialgood.com Learn more about She Talks Data: https://www.shetalksdata.com/ Find out more information about the Data Innovation Lab at: https://data-innovation.unsystem.org/
Craig Bloodworth of The Information Lab joins us to talk about the reinvigorated tableaumapping.bi , & uses his tableau wish he had in reserves. Check out Craig's mapping tool here: https://beta.tableaumapping.bi/map
In this episode, Matt & Emily chat about data17 London recaps including Neil Richards thought provoking post. We also chatted about how it sucks when you're topic isn't selected for conference (but never fear, TFF is here)! And the Iron Viz safari feeder (due 25 June). Check out the blogposts here: Neil Richards https://questionsindataviz.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/do-we-publish-visualisations-just-for-the-attention/ Rebecca Roland : https://vizalicious.com/2017/06/09/post-tcot-london-starting-with-strangers-leaving-with-friends/ Apply to be a speaker at TFFAPAC here: http://bit.ly/TFFAPAC17 Check out Iron Viz Safari contest here: https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2017/06/iron-viz-goes-safari-enter-contest-wild-wild-viz Take our survey : tinyurl.com/twpsurvey
data17 is over, what a great time we had, here's our review of the week. Thanks for listening!!
We talked to David Pires, of Interworks, hot off the stage after winning the inaugural Iron Iron Viz Europe.
We talked to Neil Richards from HESA about how he found Tableau, his growth in the community over the last two years and his experience of speaking at #data17
We talked to Jeff Bernson from PATH about how they have utilised the Tableau community in a project that aims to to rid Zambia of malaria by 2021
We talked to Ryan Sleeper of www.ryansleeper.com and www.practicaltableau.com about his new book, his tableau 201 blog and how he approaches his data viz.
We talked to The Information Lab founder Tom Brown about his approach to hiring, why and how he set up The Data School
We talked ExaSol's Eva Murray about her journey to Tableau, moving overseas and fast data.
We talked to Biztory's Matthew Miller on Shoes, dataviz and his new project OrbitInsights https://twitter.com/orbitinsights
TCOT Teaser In this episode, Matt & Emily discuss the upcoming Tableau on Tour in London where Matt and Emily will be podcasting live! Is TCOT even ready for this level of super excitement? They covered off a few sessions that piqued their interest (spoiler alert: Tomas Foldi and Ryan Sleeper are among the sessions top of their list. Stop by and say hi if you're at TCOT! We'd love to chat with you!
It's a big episode...the Big Book of Dashboards has arrived! 67% of the authors stop by the podcast to discuss the book, the process for writing it, and more. Steve Wexler and Andy Cotgreave also answer listener questions! Emily also makes an appeal for it being available on an e-reader. http://www.bigbookofdashboards.com/
openvisconf Day 2 didn't disappoint Emily recaps day2 which started off with an apology, had its fill of empathy, & entertainment. Two notable references from Day 2: Lisa Charlotte Ross's blog: https://lisacharlotterost.github.io/ Amy Cesal's Data Vis Style Guide Info: https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/03/12/datavizguide/
Emily sets off on an OpenVis adventuring, recalling Day 1 of the OpenVis Conference hosted by @bocoup Some of the highlights from yesterday: Amelia McNamara's presentation https://twitter.com/ameliamn/status/856570940464840705 Timeline resources from @mattbrehmer https://twitter.com/emily1852/status/856543051153625088 Stay tuned for Em's day 2 recap!
Emily & Matt finally catch up & chat about @openvisconf, Tableau subscription pricing, 10.3 beta, & major squeals: Iron Viz in London! Em also shares her tiny tips from the week on cell size & show me to evaluate: https://vimeo.com/213641526 https://vimeo.com/213641230 Don't forget to follow Em @emily1852 as she tweets from OpenVis in Boston.
Alex & Em When Matt's away, Emily hijacks the podcast to interview her son Alex. They go through his thought process for selecting a chart for his science fair project. Check out the video that accompanies the audio. https://vimeo.com/210137519
We talked about workouts on this episode of the Tableau Wannabe Podcast with Emma Whyte and Andy Kriebel. We learned how the idea came to fruition, who skill level you need to workout, & how it works. To learn more about Workout Wednesday, visit Emma’s blog at womanindata.com/uk or Andy’s blog at vizwiz.com.
This week we talk about all the new features in 10.2 and what we would like to see in the next version, we are just never satisfied. Plus Emilys Tiny Tableau Tip
Oh Benjamin! Adam Crahen and Pooja Gandhi Vicky the show to discuss why they formed the dynamic data duo and their process for creating their vizzes.
In this episode, Matt and Emily do their Tableau Talk thanks to the Twitterverse. We talk about a new, but super important project, #vizforsocialgood as well as the topic du jour: data quality. In the highlight action segment, Matt highlights Jonni Walker and Emily walks through a tip for using the apply button in a quick filter. Check out Jonni’s Tableau public profile here:https://public.tableau.com/profile/jonni.walker#!/ Check out the article on data quality here: https://github.com/Quartz/bad-data-guide Check out the apply button tip here: http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-em/tiny-tableau-tips-for-customizing-the-filter
It's Makeover Monday Mania on the podcast. Kriebel has graced us once again with his presence along with friend of the show, Eva Murray. They talk to us about what's in store for 2017 & discuss data concerns. You can check out Makeover Monday at: http://www.makeovermonday.co.uk/
Chloe Tseng is one half of She Talks Data and the data dogooder behind an initiative called Viz for Social Good. Matt and Emily talk to Chloe about why she felt compelled to start V4SG, who can volunteer, and more. Emily and Matt are both super excited about this initiative. Check out vizforsocialgood.com and sign up to be a volunteer to help non-profits viz their data. Learn more about their newest project with with UNICEF https://www.vizforsocialgood.com/united-nations-childrens-fund
Data16 Newbie Recap We started or data16 coverage with a panel to review newbie questions, so it's only fitting we end with a panel discussion from the newbie perspective. Make sure to follow Joel, Sarah, Neil, Nai, and Lorna to see how data16 impacted their work. A special thanks to Mister Paul Chapman for showing up and moderating our fantastic panel.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… In this episode, Matt & Emily try to condense their data16 experience to a half an hour. Discussions range from the keynotes to the logistics with a little commentary built in about the faux news reports of being bussed in to the election protest. Here are just a few data16 recap posts, enjoy! http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-em/get-along-little-data16-doggy https://sarahlovesdata.co.uk/2016/11/13/data16-tales-from-austin-texas/ A two part series from Neil Richards at https://questionsindataviz.wordpress.com/ Next up, the newbies share their data16 experience!
To round off our #data16 recordings we talked to the awesome Gansta CMO Elissa Fink. This recording contains some strong language, we thought we would let Elissa have a bit of fun. Apologies if you are offended in any way.
We talked to new Tableau Chief Development Office Francois Ajenstat at #data16 about all the new toys we have to look forward to.
We chatted to Kiyoto Tamura of Treasure Data to talk about their new platform and how it combines data from everywhere to put into Tableau
We talked to Editorial Manager and all round superstar Matha Kang about her role editing the Tableau blog and her conference experience
We talked to TC favourite Amy Forstrom about the exciting things we saw in Devs on Stage and to find out if she still hates baseball.
We talked to Chief Development Officer at Tableau Software Andrew Beers about the 3 year roadmap, Devs on stage and some more details on the amazing Project Maestro.
Recorded Live at #DATA16 we talked to Zen Master Matt Chambers about his journey starting out with Tableau, his Iron Viz experience and what its like to be a new Tableau Zen Master.
Recorded Live at #DATA16 we talked to Jeff Pettiross about the redesign of the Tableau UI and how to make software beautiful, difference but the same.
Recorded Live at #DATA16 we talked to Tableau Foundations Neal Myrick Find out more about the Foundations work and join the service corps here http://www.tableaufoundation.org/
We’re super excited about #data16 which is right around corner. Conference newbie, Emily Chen asked for a podcast on data16 prep, we made it happen! Take a listen and learn from a panel of conference vets Carl Allchin, Jonathan Drummey, Matt Francis, & Emily Kund, moderated by Emily Chen. Don't forget to plan your sessions & download the app: http://tc16.tableau.com/app Come by the podcast booth (located on the 3rd level of the JW Marriott in the media area). Stay up to date by following our tweets! www.twitter.com/thetwpodcast www.twitter.com/emily1852 www.twitter.com/matt_francis
Vote now for your winners of the 2016 Tableau Podcat Awards at the URL below. http://tinyurl.com/2016vizzies
On this specially extended episode, we talk with someone who has one of the coolest job titles ever; Alberto Cairo, Knight Chair of the University of Miami School of Journalism. We had a great conversation prompted by Zen Master Rody Zakovich @RodyZakovich (https://twitter.com/RodyZakovich) on about the line between infographics and data visualisation. There was just so much good content we decided to exetend the episode rather than split it up. Albertos superb blog is here http://www.thefunctionalart.com/ His new book The Truthful Art is here https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321934075/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_YOM2xbPEY0BKZ Links Steven pinker. Sense of style https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/1846145503 Visual loop - need to navigate thru find the gems http://visualoop.com/ NYT http://www.nytimes.com/ WP https://www.washingtonpost.com/ National geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Wsj http://www.wsj.com/ Pew research center https://www.pewresearch.org (https://www.pewresearch.org/) http://www.538.com Tampa bay times-Speeding cops http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/theres-a-big-reason-tampa-police-write-so-many-tickets/2252912 Prepublica https://www.texastribune.org/ NICAR http://ire.org/nicar/ Malofiej in Spain http://www.malofiejgraphics.com/ Tapestry http://www.tapestryconference.com/ Openvis https://openvisconf.com/ The ghost map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Map Randy Olsen wrote a critique of the vaccine viz http://www.randalolson.com/2016/03/04/revisiting-the-vaccine-visualizations/ Mike Bostic? NYT graphics Senate 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/senate-model/ Steal like an artist recommend. Biggest piece of advice. Choose a role model & copy their style and then you'll develop your style.
Favoring the float, Pooja “the butterfly” Gandhi squares off against Tim “the structured beast” Nwgena who represents team tiled. Pooja and Tim discuss why they prefer their method in designing a visualization. Now it's up to you...are you team tiled, do you favor the float, or are you part of the “It depends” party? Links: Tim's Layout Container Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRfaJ7ZL0cF5WA92d4r6v6PIhnKqu2dEG Pooja's public profile https://public.tableau.com/profile/poojagandhi#!/
This week we chatted about changes at the top at Tableau and what that might mean for the company and the product. We looked at the VOTD all about the National Park Service, RJ Andrews superb video dataviz and an interesting plugin to give a narrative to your dashboards. Enjoy http://www.precisionsourcing.com.au/women-in-data-2/ https://www.narrativescience.com/tableau http://www.tableau.com/Tableau%20_Appoints_Adam_Selipsky_New_CEO?utm_source=Hootsuite&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=TableauSocial https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/gallery/national-parks-economic-impacts http://www.infowetrust.com/parks/ email logos to thetwpodcast@gmail.com
This week we were joined by Viz Chic Fi Gordon to discuss the new features of Tableau 10. We reviewed a Viz of the Day and talked about the Tableau Fringe Festival APAC edition. Submit your talk abstract here https://tableaufringefestival.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/speaker-applications-for-tff-apac/ We also launched the competition to redesign the podcast logo that will be featured on this site, FB, twitter and on signage for our TW Podcast Live at TC16. Email your designs to thetwpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, we chat with one of Tableau biggest data rockstars, Francois Ajenstat. Francois talks about guys favorite feature, the surprising number of beta testers, & answers Emily's question on the new google sheets connection. Check out this 'must listen' show! Bora's blog on clustering https://boraberan.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/understanding-clustering-in-tableau-10/ Maureens blog on the new Tableau colours http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/7/colors-upgrade-tableau-10-56782
The tables are turned on Emily, as Matt interviews her about TFF. Matt & Emily also chat about visualizing no malaria, zen maser nominations (& Em's blog post on nominating folks), and the current tableau torch contests. Links below: https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/7/help-visualizenomalaria-56784?hootPostID=1dc7fd52f7762833394d7950a52b612b http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-a-viz/you-rock https://www.tableau.com/forms/tableau-torch-viz-contest
A Chat with Chappie We are super excited that Paul Chapman of http://www.thatdatavizguy.com/ and JLL came on the podcast to share his thoughts on so many different topics. In fact, there was so much goodness, we had to split it up! In this second episode, Paul chats about building a COE, the good and bad things that you can do, his three wishes and his entry into the dataviz hall of fame.
Mini Episode| TFF Hijacks the Podcast In this mini episode, Emily hijacks the podcast to talk about the Tableau Fringe festival including the lineup and why there's even a fringe festival in the first place! Check out the details on the TFF blog: www.wannabeawesomeme.com/tableau-fringe-festival You'll also find the registration link there (this weekend). Questions? Keep the conversation going by reaching out to Em at @emily1852 on Twitter. Emily
A Chat with Chappie We are super excited that Paul Chapman of http://www.thatdatavizguy.com/ and JLL came on the podcast to share his thoughts on so many different topics. In fact, there was so much goodness, we had to split it up! In this first episode, Paul chats about this recent move to JLL, how he got introduced to Tableau, & more!
Its Iron Viz feeder season so this week we talked to the winner of round 1, Russell Spangler about his winning entry Tableau Sushi https://public.tableau.com/shared/PGB8B9F5Y?:display_count=yes Russell talked about how his love of food inspired his viz, some of the challenges involved in making it and a look at some of the technical aspects in this winning design. You can read more about Russells thought process on his blog at http://russellspangler.com/
Fi and Matt talked to renowned visual analytics researcher and pioneer Dr. Jock Mackinlay. Jock talked about Tableau 10, his favourite viz of all time and his keynote where as he takes us on a tour of the history of information visualization. Hear how early research in dataviz has shaped the field today, and how it will influence the future.
Its time for Tableau on tour London, standing in for Emily is Fi Gordon, a kiwi all the way from Oz. We talked to James Eiloart. James is Tableau's Senior Vice President in the EMEA region and one of this years keynote speakers. We chatted with him live at the conference, talked about what he was speaking on and his Tableau 10 highlights.
(TCOT) London Calling Special guest Craig Bloodworth chatted with us about some if the TCOT London sessions he's looking forward to, Emily pretended she was going & bookmarked sessions, & Matt did a dramatic sigh. We also announced that Emily & Fi Gordon are trading places during TCOT London! Check out some of these great sessions at TCOT London. http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2016/05/31/what-would-a-zen-do/
Happy 50th Birthday Podcast! In this episode, it's all about the guests & conversation! We talk about our all time favorite vizzes that are HOF-worthy, on each guests' opinion. We make birthday wishes & hope they come true. A big thank you to everyone who listens, shares, & makes this something Emily gets super excited for & something that makes Matt a celebrity is his own mind. The HOF'ers Emily's Pick Gun Deaths visualized by Periscopic http://guns.periscopic.com/?year=2013 Andy K Infectious Deaths from the WSJ Sasha The gun problem we don't mention through the reviz problem by Matt Chambers. Paul Banoub's Pick. Nisa Mara's Shark Viz Alex Whisky family tree Fi Chris Love's Andy C Joseph Priestly chart of biology Matt Jon Snow's Cholera Map
This week Matt and Em look back over the women in data month, The Iron Viz Qualifiers, and much more. Good Day, and Good Viz.
SashaRocks There were too many good women to highlight during our data+women month on the podcast, so we have a bonus episode. Emily and Matt were both super excited to talk to Sasha Pasulka of Tableau. Sasha has a varied background and brought an interesting perspective to the show. You can follow Sasha on the Twitter at @sashrocks.
VizGirlPower On this episode, we talked with Alex Duke of Slalom Consulting. Alex has taken on a lot of awesome projects this year and is a huge proponent of the #datapluswomen initiative. Check out her blog https://duchessofdata.wordpress.com/ for her Women in Tableau series, ReViz Project, Data Plus Women Meetup, as well as really sound visualizations. Peer review, math, stats, & design are her forte. Alex is definitely a good person to have as part of #mydatatribe.
Data+Women Month continues on the podcast and we are delighted to have baseball's biggest fan and Tableau developer, Amy Forstrom, with us on the show. Amy share with us how she found Tableau and what it was like being a dev on stage. Amy turned the tables on us and asked us questions and she provided some good reference material like this link https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get?language=en#t-560617 Kelly, Kelly, Kelly... Note: Amy mentioned that Kelly Martin is leaving Tableau to spend more time her family when it's actually Kelly Wright. While Kelly Wright's contributions will be missed, we're happy to have our VizCandy around for hopefully a long time!
Fan of the show and Woman in Data, Emma Whyte comes on the show as our Data+Women Month continues. Emma talks about training tips, her favorite features, & provides her three wishes for Tableau. Emma is smart, studious, & a great contributor to the Tableau community. Check out Emma's work on The Information Lab's site as well as her womanindata blog. http://www.womanindata.co.uk (http://www.womanindata.co.uk/?m=1) Her Top tips for learning http://www.womanindata.co.uk/2016/03/10-top-tips-for-tableau-trainers.html?m=1 http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/category/blog/
Data+Women+Podcast We're super excited to celebrate Women's History Month by featuring women in data on the podcast. All month long! We have great guest lined up and we kick it off with Fi Gordon aka VizChic. A great example of a women in data with a passion for empowering others. We talk about her background, her blog, and her talk at the Tableau Conference in Sydney. Keep up with Fi on her blog and on twitter: http://www.vizchic.com/ @vizchic
In this episode, we talk and nothing and something! This USDA chart provided fodder for discussion on visualizing missing data and embellishments aka bling. What do you think? Continue the conversation with us! https://twitter.com/jschwabish/status/699622089498759169 https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/missing_values_and_incomplete_periods_in_time_series.pdf http://www.visualisingdata.com/2014/04/talk-slides-from-openvisconf-2014-the-design-of-nothing/ https://twitter.com/laneharrison
In this week's episode, Matt & Emily chat about some of the recent happenings in the Tableau world; Data+Women meetups and Gartner Magic Quadrant results. Matt also introduced Emily's new project she is obviously super excited about, A Pop of Color. Check out the upcoming ATL D+W event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-women-tickets-20943435379?aff=eiosprexshreclip&ref=eiosprexshreclip Join the Facebook group for D+W organizers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/650733058402924/ Gartner's Magic Quadrant Report http://get.tableau.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-2016.html A Pop of Color http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/a-pop-of-color
In this episode, we talk briefly about a trend in the Tableau community; community collaboration projects. We explore four projects in this episode; Data Dare, Data Chain, the ReViz Project, and Makeover Monday. We'll be highlighting these type of projects in future episodes, so if you have a major community collaboration project, let us know so we can include it! Data Dare http://data-dare.com/ Data Chain http://www.data-chain.com/ Reviz http://thevizioneer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-reviz-project-why-how.html and MakeOver Mondays http://vizwiz.blogspot.co.uk/p/makeover-monday-challenges.html
This week, we chat with Dan Murray about his new book (released this week): Tableau Your Data 2. Dan offers some insight into what's different about TYD2 and TYD. Dan also shares his three wishes! For more information about Dan's new book (available at all major book sellers) and upcoming book tours, go to: http://tableauyourdata.com/news-press/tableau-your-data-2nd-edition-us-book-tour/
Matt & Emily discuss visualizing balance sheets based on a Twitter discussion about Stephenie Evergreen's makeover of summary financials. From how the data is displayed to whether one should even change from the text table chart type, we explore some of the practical and philosophical aspects of her challenge which you can find here (http://stephanieevergreen.com/data-viz-challenge-gates-annual-report-financials-page/). Let us know your thoughts too!
This week Emily and Matt look back over 2015, we pick out some of our personal highlights and look at some of the talking points from the last 12 months, including The Tableau Fringe Festival https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhaq6WGQPwCvrmDBktIH9g TCC15 https://tc15.tableau.com Chad Skeltons blog post on data rules http://www.chadskelton.com/2015/12/in-defence-of-data-visualization-rules.html Stephen Fews Article on bad practice http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=2154 Ben Jone's response http://dataremixed.com/2015/11/the-backlash-against-data-dogmatism/ The Upshot 3D chart http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/19/upshot/3d-yield-curve-economic-growth.html?_r=1
Matt is Shipwrecked and Emily is lost on A desert island. So what do they do? pick their top 5 viz types from Show Me in an homage to Andy^2's webinar on must-have viz types. Don't forget to nominate folks for the 1st Annual Vizzies! http://tinyurl.com/tableaupodcastawards
We chat about the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, which can be found here: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/ Matt & Emily also announce the first annual Vizzies; their way of recognizing members of the community. Nominate folks here: http://www.tinyurl.com/tableaupodcastawards Until next week, good day & good viz. ME
This week we look at alternative maps, hex maps and period table type maps. We discuss when these are both a good and bad idea, the pros and cons and the things you have to be aware of when using them.
We talk about Vox.com (http://vox.com/) wanting us to get over our truncated-axis hate (http://www.vox.com/2015/11/19/9758062/y-axis-zero-chart), dataviz conversations as highlighted by this post (http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2015/11/y-axis-shouldnt-always-start-zero-45935) by Martha Kang (the coolest of the the cool), & what we're thankful for in our Tableau world (with a nod to Jen Vaughan's Tableau Thanks (https://tableaujen.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/tableau-thanks-until-thanksgiving-paul-banoub/) post). We LOVE to talk, so let's continue the conversation over Facebook and Twitter. Want Matt or Emily to speak to your TUG? That'd be totally awesome. Give 'em a shout and let's do a live podcast!
This week Emily and Matt look back at the Tableau Conference in Las Vegas. We pick our 3 favourite new feature announcements, some of the sessions we really liked and our own personal conference highlights. We'd love to hear what you loved about Conference this year.
We chatted to Roger about all things data prep, including the new features mentioned in the Devs on Stage keynote such as cross database joins and filters.
We were fortunate to talk with Kelly Wright, EVP of Sales at Tableau. We touch on women in leadership roles in data/tech as well as her thoughts on who needs vizzing (spoiler alert: everyone).
Devs on podcast continues with Sean Boon. We talks a little about visualization types and mapping in particular.
With way too much to talk about, we focused our data15 chat with Bora on making stats & analysis accessible to everyone.
The live podcasting continues as we chat to developer Nick Hritsko about how he came to tableau and the dev work he does.
We caught up with Ronnie “Sausage Fingers” Yates at his first TC. We talk about his journey to Tableau, mobile, & try to find out more about being asked to leave Burning Man.
In this short, we talk with Dr. Jock McKinlay about data sushi (a talk he once gave at Tapestry in 2014) and the research process at Tableau.
Only one name needed, Francois is a total data rockstar. The planets aligned and we finally caught up with Francois to talk about big changes announced on stage and considerations for determining what gets developed.
Sharing the same mission as Tableau, Trina Chaisson's company became Tableau's first acquisition. We caught up with Trina at her first TC to chat about mobile, mission, and making data available to everyone.
This week Emily and Matt preview the Tableau Fringe Festival (http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/tableau-fringe-festival) Talk 508 compliance in dataviz (http://www.section508.gov/ http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-section-508-standards/section-508-standards) and the Women in data meetup and forum.
On this week's episode we welcome Andy Kirk to the show to discuss the topic: Are there any absolute rules in data viz. the conversation started over Twitter about Stephanie Evergreen's blogpost, which you can read here. http://stephanieevergreen.com/down-is-good We also talk about the red/green issue which Matt described as fantagulous, which you can read about here. http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/1/post/2015/08/seeallthedata.html We loved chatting with Andy, who is definitely in our top 3 Andys of all time.
This week its Matts turn to be interviewed as Emily asked him about his Data15 on Tour experience. We also had the last of the Tableau Wannabe Podcast on Tour interviews with Emily and Ravi from The Data School
In the next of the Tableau Wannabe Podcast OnTour interviews we talked to Ajay Chandramouly, Director, Analyst Relations at Tableau Software. He told us about his role in ensuring Tableau listens to the market, but also drives it.
the 2nd podcast from #data15, this time we talked to Ashley Jaschke, about cloud computing and Tableau Online and how Tableau is proving SAAS solutions.
In the first podcast from #data15 i was joined by Robert Kosara, we talked about Storytelling with data, the research division and lots more.
You'll recognize her as the voice from TCC, Elissa visits the show to talk about how she found tableau, her 'I can't believe it' moments, & women in data. Emily was super excited to hear from her and you will be too!
Heart sang it best...He's a Magic Man! On this episode, we go behind the viz with Tableau's Magic Man and Senior Technical Evangelist, Andy Cotgreave. We discuss Brinton, the usefulness of checklists, and Zen Master nomination season.
Back to the Future Part 1 Summer is here and what better way to kick it off with a podcast. Matt and Emily review some viz of the days, talk about what's going on in the twittersphere, & go back to the future by reviewing some vizzes according to a modernized Brinton checklist. Andy Cotgreave introduced us to Brinton and we've been fascinated ever since. We discussed the checklist and applied it to the two vizzes below Franca's Pay Equality Viz Effects of Tommy Johns Surgery Twittersphere -VTUG -Edward Tufte's Love Child Tweet http://qz.com/418083/its-ok-not-to-start-your-y-axis-at-zero/ The Padawan Dojo
In this episode, we're talking about the awesomeness that is the Tableau community. We delve into Emily's http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-a-viz/weviz-submissions WE Viz event by discussing the vizzes that Jen Vaughan (https://twitter.com/Butterflystory), Franca Higginbotham (https://twitter.com/Franca_DBi) (https://twitter.com/Franca_DBi) , & the one and only Matt Francis developed. Me also sat down and had a little chat with Tracy Fitzgerald (https://twitter.com/FitzTableau), Tableau's Community Strategist. We learned more about Tracy and the new Tableau Community Ambassador initiative. In the next episode, Matt and Emily will be putting a relic of a viz checklist to the test in modern times. Oohhhhh the (super) excitement. We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com (mailto:feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com) Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
Dramatic sigh, Andy Kriebel (http://vizwiz.blogspot.com/?m=1) returns. We talk about a recent Viz of the Day by Dash Davidson (http://public.tableau.com/profile/dash7070#!/vizhome/SteamerROSSplitProjection/Story3), Andy's move to The Information Lab (http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/), his new role as Head Coach of The School of Data, (http://www.theschoolofdata.co.uk/) & Dear Data Two (http://www.dear-data-two.com/), a collaborative project with Jeffrey Shaffer (http://www.dataplusscience.com/). Next in the lineup...We chat about Viz of the Days & the various Tableau Topics Du Jour. We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
A Visit from the CEO We were super excited and fortunate to have Tableau's CEO, Christian Chabot, join us for a discussion! We talked about bootstrapping the company, women in data, living in London, and more. There simply was not enough time to ask him all the questions we (and you) wanted. Side note: Doesn't always seem to happen that you've been recording your podcast and the audio has been really good and then it cuts out at the end? Argh. Love you, technology! It also happens that Christian joined us soon after V9 was released so we had a super small discussion about V9 and the performance improvements as well as some reference materials for level of detail (LOD) calculations, which are below (shout out to Jonathan Drummey for passing these along)! Into to LOD : http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2015/2/introduction-level-detail-expressions-36655 LOD White Paper : https://www.tableau.com/learn/whitepapers/understanding-lod-expressions Top 15 LOD Expressions : http://www.tableau.com/LOD-expressions Tableau Server v8 vs. v9 Shootout : http://tableaulove.tumblr.com/post/116103003160/tableau-server-v8-vs-v9-shootout Craig Bloodworth Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnSF6i4MW0E We think Matt is done taking holidays, so we can get back to more podcasting, yay! We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
Jewel Loree stopped by to chat viz with us and we picked up some insight from the pop vizard herself. We chatted about two recent viz of the days by Gina Bremer at Payscale and Sarah Stone of the Texas Rangers. Links : PayScale ROI http://www.tableau.com/public/gallery/mapping-college-roi Texas Rangers?https://public.tableausoftware.com/profile/sstone703#!/vizhome/2014GlobeLifeParkinArlingtonFoulBalls/RangersGames Steve Wexler http://www.datarevelations.com/its-your-data-not-the-viz-thats-boring.html Hans Roslin Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling Ched Skelton Tapestry Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-mr-0LPOg Golden Idols : http://goldenidols.net/ Tableau Sub Redit http://www.reddit.com/r/tableau/ We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
When Sarah's around, you know you'll have fun and learn something in the process. To kick off Women's History Month, we're fortunate enough to have Sarah Nell join us. We talked about Tableau's position in the industry, pink & blue, highlighted a couple of vizzes, & briefly chatted about starting & maintaining TUGs (spoiler alert: it's hard but rewarding work). Links : Tableau Reviews: http://snip.ly/UNyx?__0OySA_=0OySA#http://blog.itcentralstation.com/top-bi-tools-2015-edition/ Andy Kirks Blog on Pink and Blue: http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2015/02/lets-think-blue-pink/ Visual.ly Weight of the World : http://visual.ly/weight-world Cross Country Paragliding VOTD http://www.tableau.com/public/gallery/paragliding-uk We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
Nothing Says VizLove Like Assless Chaps and Tableau Public Not fully recovered from the attack of the Viz Ninja, Matt & Emily are gobsmacked by Kelly Martin's executive dashboard post! We also shared some vizlove for the VOTD clarification post by Ben Jones, preview the new Tableau Public Beta, and Isabel's Weather Homework. Links The new Tableau public beta site http://public.tableau.com/s/ Whats new in Tableau Public? http://public.tableau.com/s/blog/2015/02/whats-new-pretty-much-everything Whats VOTD about? http://www.tableau.com/public/blog/2015/01/viz-day-dialog-2752 Isabels Weather Homework http://public.tableau.com/s/gallery/isabels-weather-homework Kelly Martins search for Executive Dashboards http://vizcandy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-elusive-executive-dashboard.html Dynamic Parameter Feedback http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2015/1/top-idea-request-for-feedback-dynamic-parameters We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Good Day and good viz Emily & Matt
We tried to prepare, but can one ever really prepare for the attack of the VizNinja? We welcomed the fantastic Paul Banoub to the podcast. We chat about what we've seen on Twitter including Andy Cotgreave's post on his seven years with Tableau, Jonathan Trajkovic's Charlie Hebdo viz, and Ben Jones's posts about avoiding data pitfalls. We love Paul's 2 Minutes With posts and wanted to turn the tables on him! Paul also talks about his three pillars for identifying a great tool to adopt and when it's appropriate to implement a Center of Excellence (COE). And of course, Paul discussed his three wishes for Tableau and data viz. We had such a blast talking with him that we ran out of time! We'd definitely love to have him back on the show to talk about his Tableau Public work. If you don't already, put his blog in your RSS Reader and follow him on Twitter for some fun and wise advice! We love social media and we love you. So, let us know what you want to hear more of, less of, or specific topics you want us to discuss. We promise Emily will be super excited about it and Matt will have a dramatic sigh. Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us : @thetwpodcast Facebook : Like us here Good day & good viz, Matt & Emily
Welcome back listeners, hope you had a good holiday. On this week's podcast we look back over our highlights of 2014 and we look forward and talk about what we want to see happen to Tableau and dataviz in 2015. We discuss the maxims and sins that were recently published by Dan Murray and Drew Skau as well as discuss rule on axes starting at zero (based on a conversation that Jon Schwabish and Cole Nussbaumer had). And we touch on the goodness that is Tableau V9 Beta. Links Dan Murray's 10 Tableau Maxims https://www.interworks.com/blogs/dmurray/2015/01/08/10-tableau-maxims Drew Skau's 7 Cardinal Sins of Chartmaking http://blog.visual.ly/7-cardinal-sins-of-chartmaking Cole Nussbaumer and Jon Schwabish discuss the non zero axis issue http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/2015/01/jon-and-i-chat-about-non-zero-baselines.html Joshua Milligan's LOD Calculation http://vizpainter.com/my-favorite-tableau-9-0-feature/ Craig's LOD video http://youtu.be/BnSF6i4MW0E We'd love to hear from you, what are your wishes for 2015, what do you think about the non-zero axis debate? Let us know!! Email : feedback@tableauwannabepodcast.com Tweet us :https://twitter.com/thetwpodcast Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast
In the final podcast of 2014, Emily and Matt welcome the return of Jon Schwabish. We chat with Jon about HelpmeViz and the importance of helping other people pick up best practise. We then talked about his latest hackathon/data dive. Thank you to everyone for listening in our first year and we're looking forward to having a lot of great discussions in 2015. We'd love to get your feedback, email us at thetwpodcast@gmail.com Happy Holidays, Matt & Emily
This week Emily and Matt were joined by Andy Cotgreave, Tableaus Social Content Manager. We talked to Andy about what he does, what it takes to be Zen Master and his superb TCC14 talk about Willard Brinton
This week Matt and Emily are joined by Zen Master Jonathan Drummey. Along with the usual chat about Viz of the Day Jonathan tells us how he wants everyone to get better Tableau. The slides that Jonathan talked about can be found here https://www.dropbox.com/s/gn9eryxddvou86t/Getting%20Good%20at%20Tableau%20201411.pptx?dl=0 https://public.tableausoftware.com/profile/panoptical#!/vizhome/1854CholeraOutbreak-SnowsMap/CholeraAnalysis http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/mapping-mountain-biking http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/braziliainelectionresults http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/cinematicserialkillers
This week Emily and Matt talk about Donna Coles excellent Prostate Cancer Viz and review Ryan Sleepers superb #data14 talk on dashboard design. Please join our Movember team here : http://us.movember.com/team/1558805 http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/prostate-cancer-uk http://www.evolytics.com/data-driven-storytelling-tips-iron-viz-champion/iron-viz-championship/ Please like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tableauwannabepodcast Follow us on twitter @Matt_Francis & @emily1852 Email thetwpodcast@gmail.com We'd love your feedback
This week, back by popular demand, well his demands, is Andy Kriebel. Along with the usual review of a VOTD, Emily and Matt did a live review of Andy's latest Story using Tableau. http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/maharashtra-election http://vizwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/arsenal-injuries.html
This week Emily and Matt discuss the Viz of the days, Andy Cotgreaves TC14 session talk on Brinton and how making a small change to the point of view of a viz can dramatically change the outcome. http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/property-tax-inequities http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/life-expectancy-country-impact-war-and-other-disasters
This week Emily and Matt are joined by Zen Master and VizWiz at Facebook Andy Kriebel. We chat Viz of the Day, piecharts and Andy's approach to creating great data viz. This week we talked about these great vizzes : http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/nfl-combine-1999-2013 http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/scottish-referendum http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/adoption-gap Be sure to visit https://www.facebook.com/VizOfTheDay and add your own comments to them.
This week Emily and Matt talk to Jon Schwabish about his work at The Urban Institute and his approach to data visualisation.
This week Emily and Matt discuss the 2014 Tableau customer conference, what they loved and didn't quite like about it.
A special recap from Day One of Data14, we were joined by Tableau Zen Master and Map wizard Allan Walker.
This week Emily and Matt preview #data14, we chat about what we aim to get from it and discuss the pre-conference hangout. Emily then chats over coffee with Tableau legend Dan Murray
Ben Jones joined Matt Francis and Emily Kund to talk Tableau, Viz of the day and about his book,
Once again Matt Francis and Emily Kund have a chat about all things tableau and record it for you, you lucky people. This week we talk about viz of the day, the difference between reports and visual analytics, and a new tableau user.
Wow, it's another edition of the premier Tableau podcast! This week Emily and Matt discuss the weeks Viz of the Days, the importance of knowing who is going to consume your viz and Twitter Talk about 3d charts .
The first episode of The Tableau Wannabe Podcast, with Matt Francis and Emily Kund. This week its all about stories.