Extreme Viz Makeover: CDC’s Alcohol Use Among Women
In August, the CDC published some data and charts related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Included was the following map breaking down alcohol use and binge drinking by state: View Dashboard The chart contains all the relevant information, but is less helpful than the typical excel spreadsheet. The visuals do little to assist us […]
Works Management Article, “Clever Business,” Mentions Dan Murray of InterWorks
Works Management (WM), the voice of UK manufacturing, provides a forum for the process management and improvement industry to exchange views on business improvement. WM interviews the industry’s leading strategic thinkers behind manufacturing in the UK and brings to light how business intelligence and process management can drastically improve business management and the bottom line. […]
To the point
At the recent Tableau Customer Conference (more on this later) one of the many excellent sessions I sat in on was Tips and Tricks From The Wild. Last up was the Tableau jedi, Joe Mako (@joemako or on Google+). Within the Tableau community Joe is famed and respected for his ability to see straight to […]
Finding and removing files older than X days
I recently had to find out a way to cleanup files in a folder that was growing based upon the date that they were originally created. These log files needed to be kept for 3-4 months in case they need to be reviewed for verification. Unfortunately there was a huge amount of files in the […]
Bulk VMware Snapshot Management/Removal with PowerCLI
We utilize Veeam’s Backup & Replication product for local backups as well as offsite DR replication. The software is overall very good, but can have some quirks if things don’t go as planned. One issue we hit is longer-running replica jobs might conflict with local jobs, causing jobs to fail, and snapshots to get locked […]
Tortoise SVN PowerShell helper function
Do you work from the command line? Use PowerShell? SVN? While the SVN command line client is certainly usable, there are definitely times where a GUI is more convenient. Specifically during a commit where you want to easily check/uncheck files and view diffs. I got tired of having to open an explorer window to get into […]
Will iOS Overtake Android and Why Should We Pay Attention
The Apple iPhone 4S debuts this month and Apple is hoping to gain ground on Google. Android continues to impress, as it posted the greatest percentage of growth with 5.6% from May 2011 – August 2011. iOS growth was only an estimated .7% during the same time period. Apple is hoping to gain market share […]
Finding computer memory information with a command
Here is a handy command to find out computer memory details from a command prompt so you don’t have to open up the computer. Go to, Start, Run (or click the Windows Orb-Search on newer Windows versions), type in CMD, then in the command prompt enter: wmic MEMORYCHIP get banklabel, devicelocator, capacity, caption, partnumber
InterWorks Secures GSA Contract to Offer Tableau Software Training and Database Management Consulting to Government Agencies
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Under General Services Administration (GSA) Contract #GS-35F-0575X, InterWorks is now able to offer Tableau Software training, data visualization consulting, and database design and management services to federal, state, and local government agencies. InterWorks will also offer government agencies additional technology services, including: system development, systems analysis, programming, IT data conversions, network management, […]
Fried Green Video Cards
During a recent troubleshooting stint, a collegue of mine was scratching his head as to why a machine would not seem to boot. We were getting no POST codes (or boot beeps, or whatever you call them), no video, etc. We WERE getting lights on the motherboard, and the power supply fan, and other fans […]
