I’ve been posting occasionally to this blog for the past five years. Hope you find something interesting!
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Are browser bookmarks still a thing? I don't think I have used them in years, but DataUSA is a site that I think I will reference a LOT.
Data USA is was created by MIT Media Lab's spinoff startup Datawheel, and was funded by Deloitte. The site provides an open and easy to use platform that turns publicly available government data into knowledge. It was featured in the New York Times and Fast Company shortly after launching in April 2016.
Read MoreI will add more to this post as the videos from the talks are made available, but for now I will at least share my sketchnotes and slides from my talk at Tapestry 2016.
Read MoreI haven't played with Tableau in forever, so I thought it would be fun to dust off my skillz and play with some data from Goodreads. I crushed a lot of books last year, thanks to an Audible subscription and being constantly on the road with earbuds in my ears. I am new to Tableau public, and am not even sure this embed of my dashboard will work, but I'm going to give it a try. The only way to find out if it works is to publish...so here goes...
UPDATE: It worked! Small caveat, of course it is not responsive so don't even bother trying to look at this unless you are using a laptop or desktop computer. Maybe I'll play around with a mobile friendly version in the future, or maybe I won't :)
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