In Defense of Slack
Cal Newport is a smart dude whose new book is based upon two fundamental misconceptions.
Tag: NBA
Tableau Animations Are Here. Professors Take Note.
It’s a great time to spruce up a few assignments for my upcoming dataviz class.
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.
Business Intelligence: The Tools Change but the Concepts Don’t
Thoughts on new applications and old ideas.
Visualizing Flows
Sankey diagrams can display data in very interesting ways.
What are the odds that the Warriors go 4 of 30 again?
An in-depth look at the team’s anomalous shooting performance against the Lakers.
When Dataviz Manifests the Obvious
The explosions of data and dataviz are mixed blessings.
A Visual Look at Ray Allen’s Stats
Static box scores seem so 1998.
The Folly of Basic Statistics
Counting is easy; measuring is hard.
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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