InterWorks Voted ‘Best IT Company in Oklahoma’ for Seventh Consecutive Year
We’ve done it again! For the seventh consecutive year, okc.BIZ named InterWorks the “Best IT Company in Oklahoma” in their annual Best of Business awards. The announcement came last week at the Best of Business awards banquet at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Oklahoma City. Though we’ve won this award before, we’re still just […]
Do I Need New Running Shoes? Let the Data Decide
I gave up getting angry for Lent this year, so I won’t start this blog post ranting about how difficult it is to get my data out of my own FitBit Alta tracking device. Suffice it to say, it is VERY DIFFICULT TO GET MY DATA OUT OF MY OWN FITBIT ALTA TRACKING DEVICE. (I […]
12 Generations Mapped in Tableau
Over the course of the past year, I’ve combined my love of genealogy with an increasing interest in data visualization. I’ve long had an Ancestry.com account, but I always wanted a more visual representation of where I came from. Cue Tableau. After working in short bursts throughout the year, and with a fair amount of […]
Tableau’s INCLUDE Level of Detail Scope
This week, I gave a talk on level of detail expressions at the Atlanta Tableau User Group. Preparing for that talk, I watched lots of video. The speech by Ian Coe and Adam Kamor, Pick Your Poison, LOD Expression or Table Calc, inspired this dashboard. InterWorks’ Robert Curtis also did a whole series on LOD […]
March Madness Toolbox: Probably More than You Want, Definitely More than You Need
Well it’s that time of year again – the college basketball season comes to a close with the madness that is the NCAA tournament. Conference tournaments gave us a bit of a warmup, but now it’s time for the real deal. Brackets will bust, Cinderella’s will dance, tears will be shed, nets will be cut […]
Open Data Viz: San Francisco Evictions
Evictions are a sensitive subject in San Francisco. Long-term residents are being pushed out of their homes due to rising rent – some through evictions. Two of the most common, and controversial, ways to evict someone are the Ellis Act and Owner Move-in. The Ellis Act allows a landlord to leave the rental business and […]
PYD28 – Relevant Analytics
How can you or your organization get more out of your raw data? How do you make the data understandable to the masses? And how do you make better decisions based on the data? This show, Ben, Derrick, and Alex have a roundtable discussion about making data relevant and accessible.
InterWorks Blog Roundup – February 2017
Things picked up in February with a slew of new content, particularly on the news side! From breaking in a new office to winning a Partner of the Year award for another year, it was an eventful month. In addition to the news pieces, we had the usual stream of Tableau content and podcasts as […]
Defending Desktop I: 5 Reasons Why Every Tableau User Should Take ‘Fundamentals’
Are you considering taking a Tableau training course? If so, then I need 15 minutes of your time. Hi, I’m a Tableau trainer. I’ve taught students from all over the world, both in person and virtually. I spend most of my day working with Tableau and thinking of ways to help other people work in […]
Data Viz: Mapping D.C. #Potholepalooza 2016
Spring is here in D.C. For most people, that means any number of things – from the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Rock n’ Roll Marathon, patio dining or, for those as unlucky as I, horrendous seasonal allergies. But, there’s one recurring tradition from D.C. government that certainly deserves attention every spring … #Potholepalooza! Started since 2009, […]
