Pick yourself up. There’s no 5 second rule for your ego. Image description: an ice cream cone lies on the ground, half a scoop of ice cream having fallen out

Let's talk about recovering from setbacks

Alison Pitt October 8, 2020

I scrapped a whole video because it wasn’t up to scratch. Afterward, I made a video about not making a video. Let me explain!

The cassette recording of my appearance on Voice of America in 1997

That one time I was on Voice of America in Poland

Alison Pitt July 14, 2020

In 1997, I was on Voice of America in Poland, talking about American prom. It was definitely one of the experiences of my life. And you can listen to it.

Go ahead…breathe! Used properly, a plugin like Waves DeBreath can take the worry away

Working with Waves DeBreath

Alison Pitt - Admin November 29, 2017

Waves DeBreath is a great plugin that's saved me hours of work. Find out how to use it and where to find it.

Loudness, RMS and peak are not the same things! Do you know the difference?

Loudness, RMS, and Peak, Oh My!

Alison Pitt - Admin November 22, 2017

This week’s topic for discussion is all about the difference between loudness, RMS, and peak amplitude, and to what levels you should be mastering your audio.

You can hire audio editors for cheap, but you get what you pay for

If You Want an Editor, Prepare to Pay

Alison Pitt - Admin November 15, 2017

It’s a pretty short topic this week, but one that I see coming up in a number of the communities that I’m in…how to hire an editor.

This is a story all about how…I got started in VO

How I Got Started in Voiceover

Alison Pitt - Admin November 8, 2017

This week’s topic is all about how I got started on this crazy train of voiceover and audio work.

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How to Set up a 2-Record Seed to do Math in Tableau

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When you’re exploring math concepts in Tableau, you don’t necessarily need a full data set to do it. Here’s how to use a 2-record seed to create an expanding data set for all your math exploration needs (in my case, learning about triangular numbers).

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An Exploration of Incomplete Open Cubes

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For a recent JLL viz challenge and Iron Quest, I explored an Alteryx + Tableau recreation of Sol LeWitt’s “Incomplete Open Cubes” (1974). I created all the cubes, then I visualized them in Tableau; this is how I did it.

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What size dashboard should you use for a nice Tableau Public thumbnail?

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It’s not obvious what dashboard aspect ratio to aim for if you want a nice-looking thumbnail on Tableau Public, but I did some digging and found the best one. For now, at least.

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Audio Production, Data Viz

Let's talk about recovering from setbacks

Audio Production, Data Viz

I scrapped a whole video because it wasn’t up to scratch. Afterward, I made a video about not making a video. Let me explain!

Audio Production, Data Viz

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7 things you can do to up your data game while job searching

Data Viz

So, you’re a data nerd, you’re looking for a new job, and you just reached the end of the list of jobs to apply for. What do you do next? This is exactly the situation that I have found myself in several times in the last few months, so I thought I’d compile a list of the things that I’ve done to keep myself engaged while in a lull.

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Visualizing Star Trek

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It’s no surprise that I’m into Star Trek. So what happens when my love of data collides with my fandom? I make a viz that turns the scripts of my favorite movies into an explorable piece of art.

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A few pitfalls of the small data set

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Think a small data set is easier to visualize? Think again. You have to pay as much attention to what’s NOT in the set as what is…or you risk misinforming your audience! This article explores some of the recent pitfalls I tried to avoid in the latest Makeover Monday challenge.

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Vintage Viz: Beautiful rings on your Linux desktop with Conky

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System stats can be beautiful, too. Once upon a time, I used Conky on Ubuntu to visualize things like memory usage, disk space and battery percentage, rendered as dynamic rings right there on my desktop.

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