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Seven years ago this week…. – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Seven years ago this week…. I paid for my first Tableau license 7 years ago today (15 Jan 2008). To say that changed my life is not an understatement. I was a struggling data analyst using outdated, unsupported, inflexible BI tools provided by an underfunded, overworked IT department. I had a team of people who would spend 3 weeks producing 1 report for 1 faculty at the University of Oxford. Take that, Oracle! Some of my first work with Tableau.
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Buy data viz gear – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Buy data viz gear. Looking for a gift for the data geek in your life? Or do you want to treat yourself to something a little unique? If so – head over to my Zazzle store for some inspiration. In the UK: http:/ www.zazzle.co.uk/acotgreave. In the US: http:/ www.zazzle.com/acotgreave. NOTE: for the month of November, ALL royalties will be donated to Movember. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. I'm Andy Cotgreav...
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Green pastures – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. I have a new job, starting in late September. It’s with a technology startup you may just have heard of. Yes, I am moving to Tableau. Incidentally, can you believe that when I started using Tableau, there was no Server product, and you couldn’t do the following:. Keep your Excel file open while Tableau was connected to it. June 27, 2011. 7 thoughts on “Green pastures”. June 27, 2011 at 1:30 pm. Smart move on the part of Tableau. Bravo! I have ...
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Are our defaults at fault? – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Are our defaults at fault? Here are two dashboards. The bottom one uses all Tableau’s default formatting settings. The top one has at least 25 formatting changes or design decisions: these changes take a few hours to implement. Why bother? What’s wrong with Tableau’s default formatting? At least 30 design choices were made to make this! 8211; click to see it bigger. The short answer is: nothing. The longer answer is more nuanced. Why would I s...
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Which chart should you use to show this data? – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Which chart should you use to show this data? What’s the best way to show this data? I’ve blogged before about there being no “correct” way to visualize a dataset. The video below shows how this is the case. Even when data is extremely simple, there are many ways to view it, each being better at answering a different question. June 3, 2015. June 3, 2015. 2 thoughts on “Which chart should you use to show this data? June 3, 2015 at 6:53 pm.
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Talking Data Visualization Aesthetics – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Talking Data Visualization Aesthetics. I had a great chat with Jon Schwabish about aesthectics in data visualisation. He’s posted the recording on Soundcloud here:. More details and links to the things we talked about can be found on Jon’s page here. February 23, 2015. February 23, 2015. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. A new role: evangelist. Killing the paired bar chart.
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ComputerWorld – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. I write for the Living Data column on Computerworld:. Http:/ www.computerworld.com/blog/living-data. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. I'm Andy Cotgreave, Social Content Manager at Tableau. I write and speak about data visualisation. Keep in touch with me: @acotgreave. European Disc Golf Championships Day 2. European Disc Golf Championships. European Disc Golf Championships Day 2.
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Tableau – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. European Disc Golf Championships Day 2. Another cracking day, judging by the scores. The leaders were having a good old ding-dong battle. Pasi faded at the end of the second round, but Juho stormed on through:. Players clearly learned a new approach on hole 1 today. In round 1, there were around 60 pars and over 100 over pars. Today? More people got par than any other score:. The golden round is when you take the. August 25, 2016. Well, hole 1...
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Huffington Post – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. I formerly wrote a monthly column on data-related issues for the Huffington Post. All of the content’s available on my home page at the site. I’ve moved homes now to Computerworld. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. I'm Andy Cotgreave, Social Content Manager at Tableau. I write and speak about data visualisation. Keep in touch with me: @acotgreave. European Disc Golf Championships.
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Current Affairs – Gravy Anecdote
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Wherein Andy Cotgreave pours stories about data onto the web. Visualizing the UK Elections: lessons for the future. I was honored to be invited to speak at Visualized:Political Data. In Washington DC this week. It was a great event with some amazing speakers. I presented a summary of my UK Election Project (http:/ impartialityuk.tumblr.com/. Here are the slides – hopefully of some use even though they don’t have the script! May 21, 2015. May 21, 2015. Don’t go overboard on your infographics. And first of...
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