Hello Tablovers,

It’s time for this month’s Tableaudown! A casual reflection on some of the items that caught our eye over the last month. Hope you find them useful.

Thanks for all the support this blog has had. Shows what a fine community we have in this field.

Twitterati

• @Matt_Francis – Top talk at the 8.1 roadshow
• @Ajenstat – Thanks for your interest and comments on my blog post Tableau as an IT Service
• @HlthAnalysis – Can see why you’re a Zen Master Sir
• @timbarker – Great talk on the DataSift application at Social Data Day
• @visualisingdata – Hope you got your IT issues sorted Andy!
• @pgilks & @biff_bruise – Stay tuned for your moments of fame guys…
• @_tombrown_ – Looking forward to some Alteryx training in Jan. Cheers.

Books

Tableau 8 – Official Guide – George Peck

Looks interesting this one. I’ve only skimmed it as I’m still enjoying Information Dashboard Design and Tableau Your Data (see last month’s Tableaudown).

Will report back when I’ve had a change to take a proper look at this.

Interesting Viz & Articles

• UK Number 1 albums – thanks Ami Sedghi
• Ever wondered where all this data calls home? – Thanks Google
• 113 years of footballer transfers – Thanks Mona Chalabi
• I wanna eat here!
• Check out my review of Google’s Social Data Day – Thanks erm – @paulbanoub
• Get your nuke on – Thanks @ugamarkj
• Cool analysis of LastFM scrobbling data – Thanks @acotgreave

Top Tips & Content

• Diagnose that poorly Tableau dashboard with this Performance Analyser – thanks @interworks
• They’ve also got this neat guide to understanding Layout Containers
• Here’s how not to do it! – Thanks InFocus
• Nice presentation on Visual Analytics Best Practices and the 5 second test- thanks Sasha Pasulka
• Tableau History Tables – Thanks @russch
• In depth explanation of rank in Tableau 8.1 – thanks @jonathandrummey
• The most comprehensive Tableau tips page I’ve seen – Thanks @HlthAnalysis
• Mega useful list of the best sessions from TCC13 – Thanks @vizmills
• How to choose the right data visualisation chart – Thanks @jenstirrup
• Some utterly abysmal creations at WTFVIZ

Remember, keep spreading the Tablove. All I want for Xmas is a whole lot of data, preferably in a nice format.

Cheers, Paul