Wannabe Awesome Me
  • Viz 'Em
    • Tiny Tableau Tips
  • Mentor Match
    • Mentor Match Blog
  • A Pop of Color

Identity Crisis

12/19/2013

25 Comments

 
I drink the Tableau kool-aid sometimes. I believe in the idea to help people see data. It turns data into information, which can lead to well informed decisions. What I struggle with is that I'm somewhere between the end-user and a developer.  I don't have those super awesome data skills that I do believe are essential to make a viz (exploratory or just part of a regular suite of reports).  As folks have acknowledged, data is rarely packaged up in a beautiful red bow like in those Christmas car commercials saying, here I am, take me for a spin!
Picture
Don't we all wish we had this (the Lexus or data)?
After attending TCC13, I wanted to raise my Tableau profile because personally, I thought it would be awesome and professionally, I think it would add more credability to what I was talking about. Here's where the identify crisis comes in.  I'm not a data or a techie person (and while you don't have to be a techie to use the software, let's face it, it sure does help to have that background).  If you want to talk to me about the condition of financial institutions and what reports would be helpful, I'm your chick (and yes, I called myself a chick, back down folks who take offense). Sooo, how does one raise their Tableau profile, with being handicapped on the data side and oh yeah, has more idea and work than staff and two young kids at home, and spends nights at the gym (point here: it's not like I have a ton of time to read up on stuff...I hardly take a lunch as it is).  My skills are still developing (from my perspective) and I'm one of those crazies that wants it done right the first time. 

I could come up with a fancy term for myself that if I hashtag enough, could gain worldwide acceptance (okay, maybe acceptance among five people worldwide).  Data artisan is becoming popular and that sounds cool.  What if I call myself a visualization seer or a visualization translator?  I can help translate what the end user wants to what the tableau developer needs to know. That actually is my biggest strength (I think) and leverages my background.  But I also want to (and am actually tasked this fiscal year) with developing a reporting strategy, which I totally dig.  The only challenge for me is that it's not solely my show, so I envision some brainstorming, collaborative sessions that for this introvert, will be completely exhausting (but if they are productive, I'm all about it).  

My goal is to publish six vizzes on Tableau public (I'm at two pretty disappointing ones). I love to plan, but I need to see action (my disc profile has me pegged).  So what's a girl to do? My fate rests in your hands. Well, maybe it's not that dramatic, but I'm pretty sure it is.  I'll be the lost wandering soul at TCC14 and no one wants to be that person, now do they? 
25 Comments

Holiday Shopping

12/1/2013

0 Comments

 
A viz in progress, I think.  I wanted to play around a bit and since we just went through one of the biggest shopping weekends of the season, I thought it would be fun to have random bits of holiday sales information. Since I'm not the one vizzing at work anymore, I'm still getting used to the functionality in V8. I love graphics, but I didn't want it to be too infographicy, so I picked an image of a bunch of presents that I hope tie to the blues, light gray, reds, and greens together in the viz. Interested in what the data looks like on the National Retail Federation's website? Then click here!
Learn About Tableau
0 Comments
    Follow my blog with Bloglovin

    RSS Feed

    What's This About?

    After using Tableau in my last position, I'm now a data viz hobbyist and this is my little slice of world dedicated to data visualization...typically Tableau related. 

    Vizzed and Confused? 
    Here are some great resources!

    Anya A'Hearn 
    Andy Cotgreave 
    Kelly Martin
    Andy Kriebel
    Matt Francis
    Jonathan Drummey
    Jewel Loree
    Peter Gilks
    Paul Banoub
    Dan Murray
    Ramon Martinez
    Ben Jones
    Allan Walker

    Tweets about "#dataviz"
    Tweets about "@tableau"

    Archives

    May 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.