Data visualisation by Frederic Fery | Data for Social Good
After months of planning, brainstorming, calls, and a fair share of excitement, VizIt Sydney 2025 came to life, and what a ride it was. Over two unforgettable days (almost two days) at Salesforce Tower Sydney, our vibrant Tableau community came together to learn, share, and simply be together. Nearly 100 attendees from all across Australia,... Continue Reading →
After ten weeks of recreating and reimagining W.E.B. Du Bois's groundbreaking data visualizations, I've completed the 2025 Du Bois Visualization Challenge. This year marked a bit of a shift in my approach compared to the 2024 challenge, as I embraced creative freedom rather than pursuing exact replications. Here's a look back at this rewarding journey... Continue Reading →
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, I’ve always believed in the transformative power of data to solve problems and tell stories that inspire action. However, it wasn’t until I joined Viz for Social Good that I truly understood the depth of... Continue Reading →
Tableau 2024.3 new feature, Spatial Parameter, allows you to analyse geographical data based on location and distance relationships. In this guide, I'll walk through creating a radius-based spatial analysis dashboard similar to the sales analysis example I created. (Tableau Public link) I was inspired by Tableau Tim video to learn more about this new feature.... Continue Reading →
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 →
This blog post will explain how I created this drive time analysis data visualisation using Tableau and Mapbox Isochrone API. I created this viz that was published on Tableau Public. Firstly, I need to acknowledge the original post from the Flerlage blog: "Travel/Drive-Time Maps in Tableau by Marc Schønwandt". This post inspired me to learn... Continue Reading →
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 →
When I was teaching Tableau at QUT (my local university), or when I share visualisations online, I often get asked: “How do I get started with data visualisation and Tableau as a beginner?” If that’s you — congratulations on taking the first step! Tableau is a fantastic tool, and the Tableau community (the #DataFam) is... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I attended a PowerBi full day training session. Below are my first impressions as a Tableau enthusiast. Comparing these two tools is not an easy task and might not be very valuable to compare anyway, so treat this as my pure impressions. And try yourself to form your own opinion! I have often seen... Continue Reading →
As often, I'm always very keen to learn and get involved in data visualisation community activities. This month I decided to participate in the "DataViz Battle for the month of October 2019: Visualize the Jump-Scares for over 500 horror, thriller, and sci-fi Movies" organised on the dataisbeautiful site To my surprise I was selected Viz... Continue Reading →
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