Politics Viz Contest: Plotting Political Polarization
I’m the kind of person who binges on real-time charts during election nights, but not this voting season. My interest is waning because of a sense that political divisions have become deeper, less civil, and less thoughtful in recent years. Is that intuition correct, or have things always been this way? Pew Research Center, an […]
Why YOU Should Volunteer as Support Queen for #OKFreewheel
This week I’ve had the pleasure of attending an 8-day trip across the state of Oklahoma with 22 of my friends (who also happen to be coworkers). These 22 #teamiw brave souls are battling heat exhaustion, treacherous hills, and lots of mechanical problems as they ride bicycles an average of 64 miles per day in […]
PYD10 – Derrick Austin – Solutions Architect, Bee Keeper
On our tenth show, InterWorks’ own Derrick Austin joins Tim and reminisces about always being an early adopter of internet technologies, gets excited about the Internet of Things and the Quantified Office, and explains how bees aren’t that scary.
Questions from Tableau Training: How Can I Get Box Plot Data into a Crosstab?
Another great question from one of my Advanced classes as posed by Yelda: “I love box-and-whisker plots, but how do I export that data out? I want to grab the median, the quartiles, everything and put it into a crosstab.” Awesome question! Let’s find a solution. bo Box Plots As a quick review, box and […]
Tableau Deep Dive: Parameters – Table Calculations
At the start of this Deep Dive series, I stated that there were four standard use cases for parameters: filters, bins, reference lines and calculated fields. What about other areas, such as table calculations? Why can’t we use parameters there? The answer is: You can! You just have to do a little extra work. Let’s […]
Tableau Server on Google Compute Engine
Tableau in the Cloud Tableau and Google already form a potent mix, as Tableau supports a number of Google’s data sources with native connectors, such as Google BigQuery, Google Analytics and Google Cloud SQL. But as of last month, Tableau Server is certified for use on Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud‘s computing product. With this you […]
InterWorks Celebrates 20 Years
What started out as a fairly normal weekend for InterWorks CEO Behfar Jahanshahi soon turned into something beyond expectation. Weeks ago, he was told by his wife and InterWorks Chief Culture Officer Staci Bejcek that they would be attending a charity dinner that they attend every year, so he needed to look presentable (though, when doesn’t […]
10 Questions for Tableau Zen Master Mark Jackson
I first became aware of Mark from his Tableau beta program participation. He was putting out excellent performance test metrics out on the Tableau beta website that were very helpful. I’ve had the good fortune to get to know mark better through the Tableau Conference, the Zen Master program and through consulting work. Mark exemplifies […]
Questions from Tableau Training: Can I Manually Set the Colors of a Stepped Gradient?
From my Melbourne Advanced class last week, I received the following question from one of my students, Arpan: “Can I manually set the colors of a stepped gradient?” The quick answer is: Yes, you can! Let’s learn more about this question and potential use cases for the solution. Stepped Gradient What Arpan was referring to was […]
InterWorks Lands on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500
GREAT NEWS! CRN recently named InterWorks to their 2016 Solution Provider 500 list! The list recognizes the top technology solution providers in North America by revenue. This award in itself is a huge accomplishment for InterWorks, but it’s an even bigger deal when you consider that this is the second CRN award we’ve won this […]
