In Praise Of "Cathy"
"Cathy" wasn't a comic strip for the cool kids. But there are incredibly valuable lessons we can learn from its creator.
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May 31, 20196 min read
"Don't Meet Your Heroes"
They say "don't meet your heroes," because you'll end up disappointed. What they don't say is, sometimes, the opposite just might happen.
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May 28, 20195 min read
Trust the Process
When we say "Trust the Process," whose process are we talking about?
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Apr 19, 20193 min read
STEAL THIS (WORK)BOOK
In talking with a friend of mine recently, I said something like "I can't imagine why you'd ever make your workbooks not downloadable,...
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Apr 5, 20192 min read
A Parting Glance
Did you know that this blog used to have an actual title? I know, the URL was just my handle, and I usually only ever referred to it as...
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Mar 29, 20199 min read
Visualizing the Future
A harrowing tale I have to tell, my friends in data visualization. A tale for only the hardiest of heart, but a tale needs must be told....
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Jan 10, 20195 min read
Unasked Questions
Possibly as early as elementary school, but certainly by middle school, we’ve been introduced to the classic questions that journalists...
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Oct 12, 20184 min read
Why Do We Race? (TC18 Director's Cut #3)
I’ll be giving a presentation entitled “You Are an Artist: How and Why to Get Started Making Public Visualizations” at Tableau Conference...
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Sep 28, 20184 min read
Die, Vampire, Die (TC18 Director's Cut #2)
I’ll be giving a presentation entitled “You Are an Artist: How and Why to Get Started Making Public Visualizations” at Tableau Conference...
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Sep 24, 20187 min read
Recognizing and Avoiding Pitfalls (TC18 Director's Cut #1)
I’ll be giving a presentation entitled “You Are an Artist: How and Why to Get Started Making Public Visualizations” at Tableau Conference...
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Jul 18, 20185 min read
Negative Space
In high school, every group of friends has a connector or an alpha, either by being the most charismatic or energetic or something. Drew...
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Jul 9, 20185 min read
Zen Student
It was nearing the end of Day One at Tableau Conference Europe, and she was inviting me to watch her Tips and Tricks session the...
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May 30, 20182 min read
Kill Your Darlings
Quick post here. Could probably be a tweet. But I was just messing around with some old data, testing out a different technique in...
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Mar 27, 20183 min read
Experimental
For humor (mostly), I have been known to join in the common refrain that no matter how creative and amazing and groundbreaking the...
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Feb 15, 20184 min read
You
We’re all in this dataviz field for different specific reasons, but I’d like to think one commonality among us is the belief in objective...
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Feb 6, 20182 min read
We Need ... Space ... to Live
Has THIS ever HAPPENED to you? You have a nice three-pane Tableau line chart with multiple categories. It's a time-series. You want to...
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Jan 30, 20186 min read
Curious Incidents
Famously, Sherlock Holmes makes reference in one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mysteries to "the curious incident of the dog in the...
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Jan 2, 20188 min read
Wait But Why?
Before we get started, let me reassure you: this is neither a year in review, nor a "my goals for 2018" post. As a person who still...
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Dec 19, 201711 min read
Art For Earth's Sake
Inherent in the idea of remixing or remaking someone's existing, original design--in any milieu--is the conceit that you believe that you...
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Dec 13, 20176 min read
"So, Do You Know Where You're Going?"
For most of my career, the main clients of my companies have been government organizations. And, in many cases, the work we did for said...
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