Tag Archives: best of the web

Meet the Penguins!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

  OK here we go. Iron Viz competition time. I don’t viz that much so pleased to dust off Tableau Desktop and have a go. This competition is all about the natural world. A very interesting theme for me being … Continue reading →

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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

Hi all, OK here we go. Iron Viz competition time. My first viz in a long time, so it’s good to get back using Desktop again. The first competition this year is the Food Viz contest! 1. The Idea So this … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of the Speed Record

Posted on March 12, 2015 by

Hi all, Oh dear – it’s that time of year again. Time for the Iron Viz competition. The first challenge this year is the Wikipedia challenge. Create a viz, any viz, so long as the data comes from Wikipedia. 1. The … Continue reading →

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Stack-Attack! A Visualisation of World Records in Sport Stacking

Posted on March 14, 2014 by

Hi all, You know I’ve been feeling a bit vizzed out lately. All I can see when I close my eyes at night is data. And the Tableau splash screen. A bit like when you overdose on Tetris, or Plants vs … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 27, 2014 by

Hello Tablovers, It’s time for another edition of the Tableaudown. A casual look back at the BI and Tableau related posts, comments and vizzes that have impressed or enlightened us at VN towers. Hell they might even have made a … Continue reading →

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How to: To Boldly Go – A History of the Space Shuttle

Posted on February 12, 2014 by

Hi all, Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. DA DA … Continue reading →

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Quizzical Vizzical

Posted on February 3, 2014 by

Let’s get vizzical, vizzical! I wanna get vizzical! I think that’s how the song goes anyway. Some of you may know a company called Opta. They’re the leading provider of sport data in Britain and provide feeds to just about … Continue reading →

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