How to Export or Backup a Users Windows 7 Theme
Overview While doing technician work, I have run across several instances where I lose a persons profile when I perform one of the following tasks: Domain Migration Format a Computer/Reinstall Windows Deleting a corrupted user profile and recreating. In some instances, it is not a big deal when I lose the profile, but what if I […]
Springtime in Georgia – Time for The Masters
The azaleas are blooming in Georgia and that means golf’s finest will be trekking to Augusta for the first major of the year. You probably know Jack Nicklaus has won more here than anyone – 6 times over 3 decades. And, you may also know Tiger Woods has posted the all-time lowest winning total (18 […]
The journey is the destination
Unlike any other tool I’ve used before, Tableau invites exploration. One can start with a blank canvas and end up who knows where. That’s what makes Tableau fun to use. However strange that word looks when used in a work context, it’s true. I had a challenge. I needed to produce a handout that compared […]
3D pie charts in Tableau
Earlier today, I posted on the Tableau Forum, suggesting it would be great if Tableau did 3D pie charts. Well, I didn’t think it would be possible, but using some data pre-processing techniques, and hacking the preferences.tps, I’ve worked out a way of doing 3d pie charts in Tableau: I knew those developers in Seattle […]
How to Prevent From Getting Your Computer Infected – Practices to consider BEFORE you get infected
Every time I come across a client who has had some sort of malware infestation on their computer, I almost always get asked, “How did this get on my computer?” The bad news I have to give them is that its very difficult to find out exactly how a computer was infected. Sure I can […]
Tips from the Techy, volume 3
Ok bloggees and bloggers, this next tip reaches out to all those networking guys that are struggling with using Putty or HyperTerminal to configure a Dell 2824 swtich and just gives them a big hug. So you just opened your slender Dell box and now your sleek, black Dell PowerConnect 2824 switch, a power […]
Tips for Windows 7 Snap and Dual Screens
Windows snap features are pretty cool. They can really help productivity by getting your windows organized quick and easily, but are you supposed to use it to its fullest extent if you have dual screens? Most people just drag their windows all the way to the left or to the right to activate the […]
Dynamically choose a chart type
Ujval Gandhi commented on my post about dual axis formatting. He asked if you could use dual axes/parameters to choose between showing a bar and a line chart. Turns out that, yes, you can: It’s quite a simple trick: Choose to show a bar or line chart Powered by Tableau 1. Create a Boolean parameter. […]
Scripting Tips: Take your PowerShell profile everywhere with Dropbox
Scripting Tips is an on-again-off-again series for command line fiends. I’ll try to keep these short and sweet. To dig a ‘lil deeper you can find me on Twitter. I’ll cover these prerequisites in brief, but for this tip I’m going to assume a few things: You are running Windows and have PowerShell installed. You […]
Dual axes: nice formatting
You’ve built a nice chart using synchronised dual axes (maybe it’s a lollipop chart – as described in my previous posts!). It looks great, but you’re just left with a niggling little design flaw: those dual axis sure take up a lot of space, at the top and the bottom of your viz: What can […]