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DataViz: 14 of California’s 20 Largest Wildfires Burned Since 2000 (Climate...
What is Climate Signals? Climate Signals is a science information project of Climate Nexus, a non-profit organization under the fiscal sponsorship of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a 501(c)3...
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FiveThirtyEight: Four Interesting 2018 Midterm Elections Charts
Source: Rachael Dottle, Ella Koeze, and Julia Wolfe, The 2018 Midterms, In 4 Charts, November 13, 2018, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-2018-midterms-in-4-charts/. Readers: Some interested...
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Dataviz as Maps: Peter Gorman and Barely Maps
A few years ago, Peter Gorman (photo: above) took a one-year, solo bicycle trip around the U.S. and Canada. he rode over 11,000 miles in one big loop. After the trip, Peter designed some graphic maps...
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Holiday DataViz: Happy Hanukkah 2018
Source: Snibbe, Kurt, Here is a primer for Hanukkah 2018, which begins Dec. 2, The Press-Enterprise, The Orange Country Register, December 2, 2018,...
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Tableau Community Spotlight: An Interview with Josh Tapley
Josh’s Bio Josh is the Senior Director of Data Visualization for Comcast’s Enterprise Business Intelligence team. He leads both the Tableau Center of Excellence (COE) and a team of data visualization...
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Infographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor
Source: Brown, Scott, Remembering “Remember Pearl Harbor”, The Orange County Register, December 7, 2011, https://www.ocregister.com/2011/12/07/remembering-remember-pearl-harbor/. This year, 2018, it...
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100+ Links to Some Great Data Visualization Blogs
Readers: So, this is my early Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or however you celebrate the holiday season, gift to you. I have updated my Favorite Data Visualization Blog page to include over 100 links...
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Update: 130+ Links to Some Great Data Visualization Blogs
Readers: What a difference a day can make! I have added links to over 30 new data visualization blogs for you to peruse. In the screenshot below, you can see how to get to this page from my...
View ArticleTableau v2019.1 Beta 2 Features
Below is a list of features introduced in Tableau v2019.1 Beta 2. Metadata API – Expose Tableau metadata like never before. The Metadata API is read-only, Admin-Only GraphQL API which enables Admins...
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Tableau Community Spotlight: An Interview With RJ Andrews
RJ Andrews is a data storyteller. He is the author of Info We Trust: How to inspire the world with data https://amzn.to/2ryc4gf , a lavish adventure exploring how to inspire the world with data. RJ is...
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Infographic: The Logistics of Santa Claus
Source: –, The Logistics of Santa Claus, Broadstreet, December 25, 2015, http://www.broadsheet.ie/2015/12/25/yu
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Tableau Community Spotlight: An Interview With Chris Love
Chris Love Bio Chris has an extensive background in data analysis spanning 10 years; initially working in SAS and SQL, he was asked to evaluate an early version of Alteryx 8 years ago and hasn’t...
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It’s a Mad (White) House! Officials Who Left in the Trump, Obama and Bush...
So, yesterday and today seem to have evolved into the famous scene in the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movie starring Charleston Heston, where his character, Astronaut George Taylor, declares the...
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DataViz Humor: O’Reilly Programming Book Parody Covers
Readers: For most of us who have been in the field of Information Technology (IT) for a while, we have either purchased or borrowed a programming book from the O’Reilly library of books. For nearly 40...
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National Climate Assessment Vol 1&2 Color Scales (Xan Gregg)
Readers: Xan Gregg (photo below) posted all of the color scales used in the National Climate Assessment Volumes 1 & 2 on Twitter. I thought these were quite interested and wanted to share them...
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DataViz in Education: School to Prison Pipeline Infographics
Readers: In today’s blog post, I am showcasing infographics related to the School to Prison Pipeline. Per their website, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is committed to challenging the...
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DataViz in Education: The Teaching Profession in 2018 Told in 10 Charts
With the end of 2018 upon up, we can reflect on the historical events that occurred this year for the teaching profession. In six states, tens of thousands of teachers walked out of their classrooms...
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DataViz as Maps: European Christmas Sweet Treats
Merry Christmas! I hope some of these tasty treats reach your table today. Michael
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DataViz as Art: Dr. Sarah Supp’s DataViz Cookies
Readers: I wanted to share these DataViz cookies from Dr. Sarah Supp (@srsupp) that were the inspiration for Kelly Gilbert (@kelly_gilbert) to create her version of DataViz cookies. We need to have a...
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