Thoughts on Learning Tableau
Knowing how one contemporary tool, programming language, or framework works makes it easier to pick up new ones.
Category: Blog
Why I Emphasize Strong Communication in My Syllabi
An old job description from one of the dot-com successes underscores a critical business skill.
Summer Reading
Being able to regularly feed my brain is a nice perk of professor life.
Can you use Slack too much?
Thoughts on our reliance on apps and screens.
Who’s Won the Most Majors? An Interactive Dataviz
With the US Open going on, why not play with some golf data?
Visualizing Men’s Grand Slam Winners
Playing with data and discovering insights have never been easier.
My New Udemy Course: How to Write a Business Book
This is the course that I wish I had taken when I started writing in 2008.
What I Learned Visiting an Amazon Fulfillment Center
Thoughts on my recent tour of an insanely large facility.
Sprucing Up Python Scripts with Data Visualization
It doesn’t take that much effort to visualize user-generated data.
Thoughts on Facebook’s Mistaken Deletions
The company’s explanation doesn’t come close to passing the smell test.
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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