I love my mapping in Tableau. Click, click, boom!
But what if I wanted a background map with a bit more kick? And so began my adventure on how to get a map that looked the way I wanted it to.
Read MoreI wanted a Stamen style map in my Viz! No problem actually, as I could easily design it and export it as an image. Then I could just use it as background image in Tableau after assigning some Lat, Long coordinates to it. Viz done… booyah!
Wait, I can't drill into the map and zoom and stuff?
Captains Log… Feb. 6th. Love the look of my knock off from China town. I think Shrimp Boy may have had a hand in it even, but I want a real pink pony...
Read MoreAfter presenting on “Using Design and Emotion to create a Viz with Impact” at TCC13, one of the most common feedback comments was, “I never realized how many iterations and how much time you put into your viz’s.” Having studied Industrial Design, it seemed only natural to follow a “Product Design” process when creating data visualizations. Isn’t a data viz a product that you hope people will “consume” because they find it of use and of value? People are bombarded all day long with emails, tweets, Facebook posts, etc. Why should they spend the time to look at your data visualization? Just like a product, your viz should be designed with a specific goal and context in mind, and should capture the consumer’s attention immediately and provide a value to them.
Read MoreThis viz was inspired by Ron Shaich, founder and CEO of Panera Bread, who participated in a seven-day SNAP Challenge - living on a food and beverage budget of $4.50 a day, the average benefits available to a beneficiary of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps). "I had no clue. My SNAP Challenge last week taught me that merely observing someone else's plight does not hold a candle to consciously altering your habits to better understand what it might be like to live someone else's life." The CNN article on his experience can be seen here . This viz invites to you take the "SNAP challenge" as well as provide some information on the SNAP program from 1986 - 2012.
Read MoreThis is the slideshow from my session at the Tableau 2013 Customer Conference. This session will walk through the process of creating a data visualization based on product design principles and ideas, focusing on overall product goals and user context. A step by step walk through of the design process for two data products, "Twitter TV Set" and "Firework Injuries" will be used as examples to highlight the impact that design and emotion can add to a visualization.
Read MoreThis was a fun visualization to analyze twitter data on current "hot topics". A nod to Shel Silverstein's "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set", this Viz focuses on the obsession of Twitter and how the tweet has become more the news than the news itself. Click on the remote to view the top tweets and authors by topic.
Read MoreUsing data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, this visualization highlights all the injuries due to fireworks that happen, highlighting the 4th of July holiday period. Click on any category to filter on it, and explore what injuries occur across dates, genders, and age groups. Males seem to be more likely to get injured overall, and their injuries are to their hands and fingers. Females, are more prone to head and neck injuries. Sadly, wee ones are almost 10% of injuries, mostly over the 4th of July week. Hover over any category and you can drill through to the gory details of the injuries (even the naughty bits). Please be safe this 4th of July and enjoy fireworks responsibly.
Read MoreThis viz was created for the Tableau 2012 Iron Viz competition in San Diego at their customer conference. It was created in 20 minutes, while onstage, using a provided data set. The viz shows the region called "Tornado Alley" and compares the number of tornadoes and fatalities to other regions. It was the winning viz!
Read MoreThis viz was created before the 2012 Election to showcase Federal Budget deficits and surpluses, as well as the % of GDP the budget represented, over time. An additional view of presidential popularity was also provided along the same timeline. No correlation is implied. It is interesting to now the extreme volatility of popularity as well as the limited number of Presidents who enjoyed an increase over time. The viz provides insight as to the effects of historical events, such as wars and economic fluctuations may affect popularity.
Read MoreThis viz was created based on the research of Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, "Income Inequality in the United States, 1913 - 1998". It shows the Income Share or Average income over time and by income group. It also provides an additional layer of user selected historical context data, such as GDP and CPI and the ability to change the "benchmark" year so changes relative to a specific time period such as wars, or deregulation can be highlighted. This viz was the winner of the Tableau 2012 Biz Viz contest.
Read MoreThis viz displays a visual walkthrough of the checkout process for a fictitious retailer. Rather then display a table or funnel of the data, this layout uses images of the checkout flow as background maps, shows visually where the abandonments occur. This allows the added insight of examining the UI along with the data adding richer insight into the flow.
Read MoreThis presentation was created for the Tableau 2012 user conference Tips and Tricks session. It walks through how to create a dashboard "application" for users that may want to have a simplified way to create basic reports, dashboards or charts, such as for PowerPoint presentations. The output is highly formatted and presentation ready, shielding the user from having to do any formatting or branding. The concept uses the sample data from a fictitious coffee merchant. The user has the ability to select the report attribute being reported on, the metric uses to monitor performance, filter criteria and the output chart or dashboard display. Use the tabs to walk through the presentation as well as a step by step "how to". The concept is called the "Chart-o-Matic".
Read MoreThis viz was created to allow parents in San Francisco to look at API scores and growth vs. Previous year by school as well as the requests for spots available in the school. The user can see scores and growth geo-plotted on a San Francisco map.
Read MoreThis viz was created to allow parents in San Francisco to look at API scores and growth vs. Previous year by school as well as the requests for spots available in the school. The user can see scores and growth geo-plotted on a San Francisco map.
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