The Tableau Wannabe Podcast

In this episode, we chat with one of Tableau biggest data rockstars, Francois Ajenstat. Francois talks about guys favorite feature, the surprising number of beta testers, & answers Emily's question on the new google sheets connection. Check out this 'must listen' show! Bora's blog on clustering https://boraberan.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/understanding-clustering-in-tableau-10/ Maureens blog on the new Tableau colours http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/7/colors-upgrade-tableau-10-56782

The tables are turned on Emily, as Matt interviews her about TFF. Matt & Emily also chat about visualizing no malaria, zen maser nominations (& Em's blog post on nominating folks), and the current tableau torch contests. Links below: https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/7/help-visualizenomalaria-56784?hootPostID=1dc7fd52f7762833394d7950a52b612b http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/viz-a-viz/you-rock https://www.tableau.com/forms/tableau-torch-viz-contest

A Chat with Chappie We are super excited that Paul Chapman of http://www.thatdatavizguy.com/ and JLL came on the podcast to share his thoughts on so many different topics. In fact, there was so much goodness, we had to split it up! In this second episode, Paul chats about building a COE, the good and bad things that you can do, his three wishes and his entry into the dataviz hall of fame.

Mini Episode| TFF Hijacks the Podcast In this mini episode, Emily hijacks the podcast to talk about the Tableau Fringe festival including the lineup and why there's even a fringe festival in the first place! Check out the details on the TFF blog: www.wannabeawesomeme.com/tableau-fringe-festival You'll also find the registration link there (this weekend). Questions? Keep the conversation going by reaching out to Em at @emily1852 on Twitter. Emily

A Chat with Chappie We are super excited that Paul Chapman of http://www.thatdatavizguy.com/ and JLL came on the podcast to share his thoughts on so many different topics. In fact, there was so much goodness, we had to split it up! In this first episode, Paul chats about this recent move to JLL, how he got introduced to Tableau, & more!

Its Iron Viz feeder season so this week we talked to the winner of round 1, Russell Spangler about his winning entry Tableau Sushi https://public.tableau.com/shared/PGB8B9F5Y?:display_count=yes Russell talked about how his love of food inspired his viz, some of the challenges involved in making it and a look at some of the technical aspects in this winning design. You can read more about Russells thought process on his blog at http://russellspangler.com/

Fi and Matt talked to renowned visual analytics researcher and pioneer Dr. Jock Mackinlay. Jock talked about Tableau 10, his favourite viz of all time and his keynote where as he takes us on a tour of the history of information visualization. Hear how early research in dataviz has shaped the field today, and how it will influence the future.

Its time for Tableau on tour London, standing in for Emily is Fi Gordon, a kiwi all the way from Oz. We talked to James Eiloart. James is Tableau's Senior Vice President in the EMEA region and one of this years keynote speakers. We chatted with him live at the conference, talked about what he was speaking on and his Tableau 10 highlights.

(TCOT) London Calling Special guest Craig Bloodworth chatted with us about some if the TCOT London sessions he's looking forward to, Emily pretended she was going & bookmarked sessions, & Matt did a dramatic sigh. We also announced that Emily & Fi Gordon are trading places during TCOT London! Check out some of these great sessions at TCOT London. http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2016/05/31/what-would-a-zen-do/

Happy 50th Birthday Podcast! In this episode, it's all about the guests & conversation! We talk about our all time favorite vizzes that are HOF-worthy, on each guests' opinion. We make birthday wishes & hope they come true. A big thank you to everyone who listens, shares, & makes this something Emily gets super excited for & something that makes Matt a celebrity is his own mind. The HOF'ers Emily's Pick Gun Deaths visualized by Periscopic http://guns.periscopic.com/?year=2013 Andy K Infectious Deaths from the WSJ Sasha The gun problem we don't mention through the reviz problem by Matt Chambers. Paul Banoub's Pick. Nisa Mara's Shark Viz Alex Whisky family tree Fi Chris Love's Andy C Joseph Priestly chart of biology Matt Jon Snow's Cholera Map

This week Matt and Em look back over the women in data month, The Iron Viz Qualifiers, and much more. Good Day, and Good Viz.

SashaRocks There were too many good women to highlight during our data+women month on the podcast, so we have a bonus episode. Emily and Matt were both super excited to talk to Sasha Pasulka of Tableau. Sasha has a varied background and brought an interesting perspective to the show. You can follow Sasha on the Twitter at @sashrocks.

#VizGirlPower On this episode, we talked with Alex Duke of Slalom Consulting. Alex has taken on a lot of awesome projects this year and is a huge proponent of the #datapluswomen initiative. Check out her blog https://duchessofdata.wordpress.com/ for her Women in Tableau series, ReViz Project, Data Plus Women Meetup, as well as really sound visualizations. Peer review, math, stats, & design are her forte. Alex is definitely a good person to have as part of #mydatatribe.

Data+Women Month continues on the podcast and we are delighted to have baseball's biggest fan and Tableau developer, Amy Forstrom, with us on the show. Amy share with us how she found Tableau and what it was like being a dev on stage. Amy turned the tables on us and asked us questions and she provided some good reference material like this link https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get?language=en#t-560617 Kelly, Kelly, Kelly... Note: Amy mentioned that Kelly Martin is leaving Tableau to spend more time her family when it's actually Kelly Wright. While Kelly Wright's contributions will be missed, we're happy to have our VizCandy around for hopefully a long time!

Fan of the show and Woman in Data, Emma Whyte comes on the show as our Data+Women Month continues. Emma talks about training tips, her favorite features, & provides her three wishes for Tableau. Emma is smart, studious, & a great contributor to the Tableau community. Check out Emma's work on The Information Lab's site as well as her womanindata blog. http://www.womanindata.co.uk (http://www.womanindata.co.uk/?m=1) Her Top tips for learning http://www.womanindata.co.uk/2016/03/10-top-tips-for-tableau-trainers.html?m=1 http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/category/blog/

Data+Women+Podcast We're super excited to celebrate Women's History Month by featuring women in data on the podcast. All month long! We have great guest lined up and we kick it off with Fi Gordon aka VizChic. A great example of a women in data with a passion for empowering others. We talk about her background, her blog, and her talk at the Tableau Conference in Sydney. Keep up with Fi on her blog and on twitter: http://www.vizchic.com/ @vizchic

In this episode, we talk and nothing and something! This USDA chart provided fodder for discussion on visualizing missing data and embellishments aka bling. What do you think? Continue the conversation with us! https://twitter.com/jschwabish/status/699622089498759169 https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/missing_values_and_incomplete_periods_in_time_series.pdf http://www.visualisingdata.com/2014/04/talk-slides-from-openvisconf-2014-the-design-of-nothing/ https://twitter.com/laneharrison

In this week's episode, Matt & Emily chat about some of the recent happenings in the Tableau world; Data+Women meetups and Gartner Magic Quadrant results. Matt also introduced Emily's new project she is obviously super excited about, A Pop of Color. Check out the upcoming ATL D+W event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-women-tickets-20943435379?aff=eiosprexshreclip&ref=eiosprexshreclip Join the Facebook group for D+W organizers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/650733058402924/ Gartner's Magic Quadrant Report http://get.tableau.com/gartner-magic-quadrant-2016.html A Pop of Color http://www.wannabeawesomeme.com/a-pop-of-color

In this episode, we talk briefly about a trend in the Tableau community; community collaboration projects. We explore four projects in this episode; Data Dare, Data Chain, the ReViz Project, and Makeover Monday. We'll be highlighting these type of projects in future episodes, so if you have a major community collaboration project, let us know so we can include it! Data Dare http://data-dare.com/ Data Chain http://www.data-chain.com/ Reviz http://thevizioneer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-reviz-project-why-how.html and MakeOver Mondays http://vizwiz.blogspot.co.uk/p/makeover-monday-challenges.html

This week, we chat with Dan Murray about his new book (released this week): *Tableau Your Data 2. *Dan* *offers some insight into what's different about TYD2 and TYD. Dan also shares his three wishes! For more information about Dan's new book (available at all major book sellers) and upcoming book tours, go to: http://tableauyourdata.com/news-press/tableau-your-data-2nd-edition-us-book-tour/