Right-brain Data Visualizations: What works? Why?

Let’s set aside technical considerations and just explore a few unorthodox data visuals.  Why?  Because doing so helps us to reward viewers eye’s and brains.  At work, our eyes and brains are often forced to slog through repetitive logic and boring visual symbols that leave us uninspired, but an interesting visual can nudge us in… Read More

Fun with Calculations in Tableau

A recent customer gave me a chance to exercise Tableau features, on both the Server and Desktop. Although this write-up is focussed more on calculation than visualization, it also demonstrates my approach to visualizing complex data with a simple, impossible to misunderstand, presentation. My customer wanted visualizations that would bring simplicity to a rather complex… Read More