Nudges, Ideas and a sprinkle of career advice
This is where you’ll read from me. It’s a mix of nudges that encourage you to take the next bold step, ideas that help you make a change and advice so you can avoid the mistakes I made along the way.
From my keyboard to you. No ChatGPT involved, just a bunch of honest writing, usually done in the morning hours before the world wakes up.
I hope you enjoy it and I’d love to hear from you, so feel free to comment on these posts.
#MakeoverMonday | Week 31 | 2019: STD Infection Rates in America
This week’s #MakeoverMonday takes us to one of Andy’s very first vizzes and one of the first vizzes published on Tableau Public (he published 8 vizzes the day the platform went live). We’re looking at STD infection rates in America.
Makeover Monday | Week 30 | 2019: Arsenal’s 2018/19 Season
This week’s #MakeoverMonday will be Andy’s 800th Tableau Public viz, so I decided to surprise him by picking a dataset about Arsenal, his favorite club.I’ve been working with lots of football data in the last 6 months, some of it public, but most of it proprietary. So I’m excited to build a viz with this data as well.
MakeoverMonday | Week 29 | 2019: Share of Americans not having Sex
For week 29, Andy picked a topic that is likely to cause a few people to blush. It's always interesting to observe what people's comments are or how reluctant they become to participate when topics are a bit more controversial or - heaven forbid - involved things like...
Makeover Monday | Week 28| 2019: International Protection in the EU+
This week we’re looking at asylum applications from outside the EU by people seeking protection in EU countries.The original viz was published by the European Asylum Support Office based on Eurostat data.
Makeover Monday | Week 27 | 2019: Deaths in Game of Thrones
Somewhere in the middle of season 6 I stopped watching Game of Thrones and I never actually went back to it. I have to say I don’t miss it but I do understand why people are hooked to the series.This week for Makeover Monday we’re looking at deaths in GOT and there are MANY of them.
Makeover Monday | Week 26 | 2019: Alcohol consumption by country
Alcohol seems to be involved in every major celebration but equally in a typical Friday afternoon and for #MakeoverMonday in this week we’ll look at alcohol consumption.
Makeover Monday | Week 25 | 2019: Berlin Air BnB Ratings
For week 25 and our #MakeoverMonday live event at Tableau Conference 2019 in Berlin, Andy picked a dataset about Air BnB ratings in the German capital.
Makeover Monday | Week 24 | 2019: Same-sex couples and sexual relations
It’s Pride Month which offers a great opportunity to remind people that we’re not done yet when it comes to equality.So it’s important to use our #MakeoverMonday platform also to highlight inequality, attitudes, opinions and perceptions.
Makeover Monday | Week 23 | 2019
I’ve noticed the community putting in the extra effort when a dataset ‘matters’ from a societal, political, environmental or ethical perspective.So for this week we’re looking at the topic of sleep.
MakeoverMonday | Week 22 | 2019: CO2 Emissions per capita
In my mind there is no bigger issue right now than that of climate change. Because it affects all of us. All 7 billion people.
Makeover Monday | Week 21 | 2019: Fatal Bear Attacks in North America
For this week Andy chose a dataset about bear attacks that ended fatally. My makeover focused on creating a very simple bar chart.
Makeover Monday | Week 20 | 2019: Rhino Poaching in South Africa
After a few weeks of more in-depth datasets I decided to use a dataset that was shorter and simpler, with the option for people to add more context should they wish to do so.