Talking Tech with Professor Simon
Encouraging important discussions about the role of technology in our society.
Category: Blog
How a Good Syllabus Can Set the Tone with Students
Why not show them that you’ve got a little personality?
Looking for Slack For Dummies Case Studies
Is your organization using Slack in interesting ways?
Visualizing My Books
An interactive Tableau dashboard on what I write about and where I write.
Announcing My Next Book: Slack For Dummies
I’ll be penning the definitive guide on my favorite collaboration tool.
A Visual Look at Breaking Bad IMDB Ratings
How each episode of my favorite show stacks up.
Visualizing the 2019 Men’s Wimbledon Final
A look back at one of the most exciting matches in tennis history.
Visualizing My Teaching Schedule
Sometimes Gantt charts actually make sense.
A Visual Look at the Success of NBA Franchises
Some teams have been remarkably consistent.
Visualizing Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals
Geeking out with Tableau again.
My New Book
Analytics: The Agile Way—my eighth book—is out.
Featured Talk: How to Create a Culture of Analytics
A 50-minute talk about Big Data and what we can learn from Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Google.
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