PYD96 – Iron Viz with Lindsey Poulter, Hesham Eissa and Joshua Smith
What makes a champion? Our guests on this episode of PYD know the answer! Host Robert Rouse talks with Iron Viz participants Lindsey Poulter, Hesham Eissa and Joshua Smith about what it’s like competing against friends, some of their favorite (and not so favorite) moments from the competition and how they prepared for—and dominated!—the event.
Zero to Snowflake: Importing Data with Code via SnowSQL
Note: This blog was updated in October 2023 with minor updates. Our previous post in this series explained how to import data via the Snowflake user interface. You can also stage your data and load it into tables with code via SnowSQL, which is what this blog post will demonstrate. Setting the Stage for SnowSQL There […]
Chapter One: How the InterWorks Book Club Began
It was October 2018, and I’d been at InterWorks for a mere handful of weeks. Starting a new job of any kind is an adjustment, but moving from education to technology was a bigger jump than I’d anticipated. I was having a conversation with a colleague about how much I loved to read and how, […]
Going Behind the Lens at InterWorks Summit 2019
The InterWorks Company Summit 2019 is a wrap! Every year, we gather for several days to recap the year, celebrate wins and spend time with our best people. This is the only time of the year that we are all together, which makes it such a fun thing to capture on a camera. Here’s a […]
Game On: Marketing Lessons from My Favorite Video Games
When you work for a tech company, a love for video games is a pre-requisite. Sure, you need “skills” and “experience,” I guess, but that cultural affinity for all things nerdy is just as essential. Now, does that mean you have to be in love with dungeon-storming MMORPGs and first-person shooters, which are the usual […]
Zero to Snowflake: Importing Data Without Code via the User Interface
There are many ways to import data into Snowflake, with the simplest being via the standard user interface. To import data, we must meet the following requirements: The data must be in a suitable file format A warehouse in Snowflake must exist to perform the import A destination database must exist in Snowflake A destination […]
InterWorks Makes the 2019 Inc. 5000
We’re a bit delayed in announcing this, but we’re excited to share that InterWorks made the 2019 Inc. 5000 list! For those who are unfamiliar, the Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the United States. This year will be the eleventh time InterWorks has received such an honor, […]
PYD95 – Spell-O-L Viz by Keith Dykstra
Take a deep dive into the inspiration, creation and reception of a Tableau dashboard chosen as a Viz of the Day and featured at TC19! In this episode of Podcast Your Data, host Ben Bausili talks with Analytics Consultant Keith Dykstra about his Spell-O-L Viz that investigates some of the most commonly misspelled words found […]
InterWorks Named Among ‘Best Places to Work in Oklahoma’ for Ninth Year
2019 has already been a fantastic year for InterWorks, but a few weeks ago, some of our team members were invited to an awards banquet dinner at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The occasion was for the Journal Record to announce their annual list of the “Best Places to Work […]
Zero to Snowflake: Staging Explained
A critical part of any Snowflake database is the storage of the data. Snowflake is capable of both storing data within the environment and accessing data that is stored in other cloud storage environments. Regardless of whether the data is stored internally or externally, the location the data is stored in is known as a […]