This is with great honor that I was invited to judge again the QUTBands Hackathon. QUTbands is the QUT student club for aspiring Business Analysts, Data Scientists. Before the live presentation, which was the event I was invited to judge, students attended a Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder training session delivered by keyData. They... Continue Reading →
2020 in review
This has been a strange year indeed, but very very Tableau rich for me. Thanks Josh for the very nice #VizInReview visual above 104 new Vizzes - and reached 200 in total on my Tableau Public profile 1 X Viz Of the Day (#VOTD) with "My 1000 Runs - mapping 1000 runs - 10 years"... Continue Reading →
Outlier conference – apply to speak
To my data visualisation network! I am helping with the organising of this really awesome conference for the Data Visualization Society : Outlier If you are involved in the data visualisation space I am keen to see you apply to speak: all levels, tools, languages, stories and experience are welcome !! APPLY TO SPEAK!Never given... Continue Reading →
Viz for Social Good event for APAC volunteers
An other great Viz for Social Good event - data for social good rocks! We had a bunch of APAC (and beyond) volunteers present the work based on Bridges to Prosperity data - they build bridges to connect the communities Recording is below: https://youtu.be/_HR9UPRH2NY APAC live presentations The presentations and links are below Names City Lahari Patnam Brisbane Thi... Continue Reading →
The making of “The Emigrants of the World, 1858, Charles Minard” map in Tableau
Everyone knows Charles Minard (French civil engineer) for his very famous "La carte figurative des pertes successives en hommes de l'armée française dans la campagne de Russie 1812-1813"; in plain English the map shows Napoleon's armies disastrous losses during the Russian campaign. I re-created this map in 2018, I really like this map but also took this as a challenge... Continue Reading →
Appointed on the Viz For Social Good Board
I’m honoured and privileged to be have been appointed to serve on the Board Viz For Social Good Board (Vizforsocialgood.com) If you are an Australian social enterprise, charity or a not-for-profit organisation and want a voice for positively impacting your communities? We help promote the use of data for social good and we support a... Continue Reading →
How do I get started with Data visualisation and Tableau as a beginner?
When I do Tableau guest lectures at my local Uni or post visualisations online, I often get asked, “How do I get started with Data visualisation and Tableau as a beginner?". I hope the resources below would be useful to get you started. Firstly well done for having a go. Tableau is a great tool,... Continue Reading →
My 1000 Runs – Mapping 1000 Runkeeper runs – 10 years of Blood, Sweat & Tears #VOTD
I love running and I love Tableau so I made a dashboard full of runs. This post describes how I have made this Tableau data visualisation. It ended with Tableau Viz of The Day, great honor too! Data Firstly you need to run or walk A LOT and track your activities with a GPS... Continue Reading →
Sunny Street datathon Top 5 vizzes – Viz For Social Good
On 19 March 2020, 35 Brisbane Data enthusiasts got together to help Sunny Street make a bit more sense of their data. Read about the full wrap up here This was the first ever Viz For Social Good event in Brisbane and Australia. Below is the Top 5 vizzes selected by Sunny Street (not in order) Tony Hartigan... Continue Reading →