Visualising Tea Production and Consumption Around the Globe
As National Tea Day in the UK is soon approaching (21st April), I thought it would be the perfect time to create a viz dedicated to tea! After browsing online, I found datasets related to the production, exportation and consumption of tea. The first dataset I found was from a report by the FAO (Food and […]
Open Data Viz: LAPD Crime Incidents by Division (2010-2017)
Despite the famous traffic and occasional earthquake, over four million people choose to call Los Angeles home. With warm weather, vast cultural and ethnic diversity, and Hollywood, many people want to pursue their creative dreams here. I am one of those people. Growing up on the East Coast, I dreamt of bumping into my favorite […]
Open Data Viz: Visiting Boston’s Historic Landmarks
As someone who loves history, Boston was a great place to grow up. With everything from colonial gems like the Old State House and Faneuil Hall to cultural landmarks like Fenway Park and the Boston Common, the city is full of historic sites. Unfortunately, there are some drawbacks to all that history. Instead of an […]
An Interactive Guide to Public Toilets in Australia
Traveling requires planning. Where do you want to go? How will you get there? Where will you stay? What will you eat? These are the obvious questions we ask ourselves when planning work trips or beach holidays. But what if I told you there was a crucial question that many forget to ask? Not answering […]
PYD55 – Kat Nagar And Karl Riddett – Inspire Brands
“Technology is definitely intimidating to those who don’t work with it on a day-to-day basis. Once you get to the Portal and it’s all very intuitive, that fear or that intimidation goes away.” Kat Nagar, Director of Compensation and Talent Analytics, and Karl Riddett, Director of Data Analytics, from Inspire Brands share their experiences with […]
Portals for Tableau New Feature Spotlight: Overriding Settings by Tableau Group
Not only are Portals for Tableau useful to the people inside your company, they’re also great for sharing information with your partners, customers and any other stakeholder you may have outside of your company. One way that portals have become a go-to product for sharing with anyone, or everyone, is that they have always provided a […]
Questions from Tableau Training: How Can I Draw a 45-Degree Angle?
“How can I draw a 45-degree angle in Tableau, starting from the lower left-hand corner of my view and ending in the top-right corner?” This question came from Ece during a Desktop III class in Atlanta, as well as Christa and Erik from a Visual Analytics class in Boston. This must be a popular topic! Perhaps you are […]
Event Debrief – March 2018
March wrapped up in a blink of an eye and we have tons to share about our events that happened last month. Throughout the nation, we hosted events both small and large to audiences interested in IT and data. The InterWorks team’s representation did not disappoint! IT Transformation – Lawton At the beginning of March, we had InterWorks […]
Dashboard Design Comparison: Tableau Desktop vs. Microsoft Power BI
The objective of this comparison exercise was to rebuild the Overview dashboard from the Tableau – Superstore sample dashboard in both Tableau (10.4) and Microsoft Power BI (2.52) with no prior knowledge of the Microsoft analytics package. I decided to conduct this comparison to better understand one of Tableau’s most-talked-about competitors and to gain some knowledge of […]
Pinball Across the US
Everyone who knows me, knows I love pinball. To me, pinball is a wonderful mixture of art, physics, design and history that’s intertwined into a gameplay that’s both analog and digital. It’s not just me, the U.S. has had a long love affair with pinball, starting with its roots as a cheap Depression-era form of entertainment to […]