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.
Read MoreHow to create a default set of display data in a lengthy data set
What happens when you have more total records than will fit in a viz, and you want to display a specific subset of them when nothing else is filtered? You create a default set of data! Here’s how I did it and applied it to my own interactive resume.
Read MoreA different kind of data viz
Way back in 2002, I spent my days in the wind tunnel. Well, not in the wind tunnel…next to the wind tunnel. I saw some things, man. And a great many of them were extremely cool.
Read MoreVisualizing Star Trek
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.
Read MoreGetting tangled in the semantic NOT
In the latest Makeover Monday challenge, I stumbled across something kinda interesting…What’s the difference between a logical NOT and a semantic NOT?
Read MoreCombining parametric equations and a radial bar chart for a heart-shaped visualization
I created a heart-shaped graph to show my heart rate over the course of a day. To do it, I combined a radial bar chart with some parametric equations, with help from members of the Tableau community. This post takes you step by step if you’d like to have a go for yourself.
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