Article published Nightingale, Feb 04, 2025 https://nightingaledvs.com/harnessing-data-better-world/ The world is filled with challenges, but also opportunities. As a data professional, Iโve always believed in the transformative power of data to solve problems and tell stories that inspire action. However, it wasnโt until I joined Viz for Social Good that I truly understood the depth of... Continue Reading →
Du Bois Visualization Challenge 2024: Reflections
The goal of the challenge (Data Viz Society & Files on Github) is to celebrate the data visualization legacy of W.E.B Du Bois by recreating the visualizations from the 1900 Paris Exposition using modern tools. W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition showcased the power of data visualization to challenge prevailing narratives... Continue Reading →
Judging the QUTBands Hackathon
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 →
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 ย 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 (Frenchย civil engineer) for his very famous "Laย carte figurative des pertesย successives en hommes de l'armรฉe franรงaiseย dans laย 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 →
How do I get started with Data visualisation and Tableau as a beginner?
When I was teaching Tableau at QUT (my local university), or when I share visualisations online, I often get asked: โHow do I get started with data visualisation and Tableau as a beginner?โ If thatโs you โ congratulations on taking the first step! Tableau is a fantastic tool, and the Tableau community (the #DataFam) is... 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,ย 35 Brisbane Data enthusiastsย got together toย 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 →