The Tableau Wannabe Podcast

We chattted about all things Prep with Senior Product Manager Zaheera Valani including the crowd favorite Run on server with the new Prep Conductor.

In the first of our live #TC18 recordings we talked to Tyler Doyle about Data Modeling, Data Governance (Matt's favorite) and the return of the pineapple

Community Conversations: #tc18 preview Emily & Matt are joined by members of the community to share their top tips & what they’re most looking forward to. Special programming note: we’ll be podcasting live from the data village so stop by and say hi! The Vizzies will also be at 6:15pm on Monday. Don’t miss this major community event! Don’t miss items: Fanalytics: Thursday Oct 25th 2:15-5:15pm Katie Wagner’s Lagniappe from Locals viz to help curate a fantastic experience while in New Orleans. https://interworks.com/blog/kwagner/2018/10/16/lagniappe-from-locals-a-tc18-experience-guide-for-nola/ Katie also helped us know what to pack in this viz about the weather: https://tabsoft.co/2NCBj9x

This week Matt and Emily preview TC18. They talk about what they are looking forward to, predict what Devs on stage will be showing and some of the other great things at conference away from the main stage and sessions.

In this episode, we talk to Jovan Levokic and Helen Jones about the BBC Audience Team’s Style Guide, which you can find by going to: https://public.tableau.com/views/BBCAudiencesTableauStyleGuide/MoreInfo2?:embed=y&:display_count=yes We talk about the process for creating the style guide and gave kudos for such a comprehensive tool they’ve built. Jovan shared the materials they considered when completing their style guides: IBM: https://www.ibm.com/design/language/experience/data-visualization/ The ONS: https://style.ons.gov.uk/category/data-visualisation/ The Sunlight Foundation: https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/03/12/datavizguide/ Andy Cotgreave's Oxford University style guide: https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/6a4b704f-24ea-4b87-bc8d-bf34327e3979/Tableau%20style%20guide.pdf Announcements Jovan has since started the https://synthesisbureau.com/ which is a data visualization practice that also includes R&D (how cool is that?) which means there’s an open position on the BBC Audience’s

The third iron viz feeder had us like whoa!! We skimmed the 78 entries and discussed a few of the ones that caught our respective eyes. Listen and let us know which ones you liked. https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/08/iron-viz-water-vote-crowd-favorite Between recording and publication, the winners were announced! https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/09/iron-viz-water-winners We also discussed that the awards nomination process is open for the 2018 Vizzies! Vote now! bit.ly/2018vizzies Stay tuned for our community conversations TC18 preview podcasts coming soon!

This week Matt and Emily welcomed back TWP Technical Correspondent @craigbloodworth of infolabUK about the new #tableau 2018.2 updates including extensions, transparency, and comments. He also launched https://theinformationlab.co.uk/lab/

Lisa Charlotte Rost visits the podcast and talks about gender color, why these nuanced discussions are valuable, and her three wishes for data visualization (we guarantee one of them will come true)! ___________________________ Check out Lisa’s blog on gender color at: https://blog.datawrapper.de/gendercolor/ Her personal site at: https://lisacharlotterost.de A datavis book club she’s starting: https://blog.datawrapper.de/bookclub-tufte/

In this extended podcast, Andy Kriebel discusses why he recreated the Financial Time’s Visual Vocabulary in Tableau and the fact that he doesn’t know it all. We also discuss attribution and simple ideas to implement to prevent plagiarism. The Head Coach also discusses the Data School Down Under and training. To see the Visual Vocabulary in Tableau: https://public.tableau.com/views/VisualVocabulary/VisualVocabulary?:embed=y&:display_count=yes

Mentoring with Alicia Bembenek and Mike Cisneros Alicia and Mike join Emily on this episode about mentoring. They share their mentoring journey to date and give us a preview of their talk about mentoring at the upcoming Tableau conference. Learn more about Mike at https://www.mikevizneros.com/ and Alicia at https://www.viztoaction.com/

In this bonus episode, we talk about the recent new member community engagement podcast and provide our takeaways. On the whole, we are welcoming as a community; there aren’t major issues. The discussion was good (in the podcast and online) and led to some easy to really great ideas for helping new people get connected to the community. TUGs are an important entry point. We need connectors like Michael Cristiani to introduce us to people and get connected to social projects. Take action when you see a need. Thanks to all who engaged in this conversation.

TWP Community Conversations: New Community Member Engagement Hear from a panel of seasoned and relatively new Tableau community members as they share their observations on ensuring the community is an open, welcoming place. We discuss topics like the quality of work as a barrier, entry points into the community, and the platform veteran community members on the panel prefer to use to get connected. Check out some of the following community current events: Tableau Community Founders Award Nominations Due July 27th https://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2018/6/community-founders-award-tableau-conference-attendance-90314 Health and Wellness Iron Viz Feeder Due July 13th https://public.tableau.com/en-us/s/blog/2018/03/iron-viz-2018-schedule Next TWP Community Conversation is on mentoring. Join us on July 17th at 6am AEST/9pm BST/4pm EDT/1pm PDT for a conversation on mentoring which will be recorded for a future podcast episode. http://bit.ly/twprecording

@Matt_Francis talked to the events team of @amy_schneider @Rory_Heath & @aschulner about the challenges of putting on an event like TC. How do you even start planning, and how do you handle a unexpected event that means moving an event for 15,000 people in less than a week.

@Matt_Francis & @EmmaWhyte talked to @JamesEiloart about his conference experience, how its grown but stayed the same, data literacy, AI, chess, history, electricity. #tableau

@Matt_Francis talked to new boy @jmarkjewett and conference veteran @agilminer about their #TC18Europe experience and we decide whether Mark is one of us

@Matt_Francis talked to @jonathandrummey and the awesome @AnyaAHearn about working to eliminate Malaria with PATH and Data+Women

@Matt_Francis talked to @TableauLaura about teaching people #tableau and about the challenges of the virtual classroom and remote learning.

We started off the conference in style talking to Tableau C3PO Francois Ajenstat. We discussed Tablea Prep, Public, AI, VR and of course 3d exploding pie charts.

TCE Preview In this community conversation, we talk about TC Europe! Guests Emma Whyte, Ali Motion, and Mark Bradbourne share their conference thoughts. We review some tips for preparing for conference, how conference veterans provide their thoughts on how they approach conference, and sessions to look forward to. Ali is a conference first-timer, which made Emily’s super-excited level go through the roof. We’ll check back in with Ali after the conference! Don’t miss Emma Whyte’s session: Transforming and Visualising Survey Data with Tableau Prep and Tableau at 16:45 on Wednesday. Tableau also took care of the Americans and others who aren’t able to attend TC Europe. Keynotes, and selected sessions are available for livestreaming! No #TCFOMO tabsoft.co/2tFUGXw  _____________________________ Get hyped! TCC APAC speaker applications close on 1 July. Apply at http://bit.ly/2018TFFAPAC and share your message!

In this episode of the TWP, Matt and Emily discuss their takeaways from Alberto Cairo’s Visual Trumpery talk, Wonder Women Tech’s Conference in London, and the recent London TUG meeting. If you missed the London TUG, you can watch it here: My Tableau Community Retrospective: https://youtu.be/DtSACtpMsAc  Talking Data Visualisation Panel: https://youtu.be/UNwp0e0Ki_c  You can apply to be a speaker for the upcoming TFF APAC (held on August 17, 2018). Speaker applications are due July 1st. http://bit.ly/2018TFFAPAC or check out more information about the Tableau Fringe Festival at www.thefringefestival.rocks. Join the conversation next week Topic: TWP Community Conversations: TCE Preview Time: Jun 26, 2018 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/3013517398