Podcast Your Data

One of the things that gets us up in the morning is helping people solve problems. David Pires kicks off a series of interviews we're calling "Why We Do What We Do" with Sian Davies, who leads the enablement practice for EMEA. Because we believe that if you're not learning, you're not growing.

It’s something that keeps us all up at night – will the robots take over tomorrow? Okay, maybe you don’t worry about it. And neither does Daniel Whitenack. Daniel is a data scientist, professor, podcaster, and innovator in the space of artificial intelligence and machine learning. And today he’s talking with Robert about some of the big questions in AI, including, yes, will the robots take over? (SPOILER: not any time soon). You can find Daniel at his website – https://datadan.io – his Twitter @dwhitena or on his podcast Practical AI.  

A little change of pace this show. Today, Robert talks with Henry Zhu, one of the core maintainers of Babel, about open source and what it means for people and software, community, and development. They even talk about some real-time visualizations with Pokemon and the Super Bowl.

This week’s podcast takes it back to Tableau Conference 2018. InterWorks analytics practice lead Ben Bausiliinterviews Katie Wagner, a lead Tableau trainer, about the week in her beloved home state of Louisiana. She unpacks her TC18 experience, including Brain Dates with data experts, some of her favorite sessions, like Fanalytics, and shares her excitement about TC19 in Las Vegas. If you want to hear someone talk about New Orleans and its goodness, Katie is that person. Trust us.

The podcast heads back to Singapore with Jia to talk to Duane Pierce. Duane started the Singapore Tableau User Group, so you could say he knows what he’s talking about. Jia goes behind the visualizations to learn about Duane, how he got started in data AND how he got to SE Asia. For you foodies, Duane highly recommends Japan. Duane also shares his thoughts on the best way to grow your skills and getting involved in the data community, including #MakeoverMonday. Oh, and Duane is a Master Diver as well. NBD. Connect with Duane here: LinkedIn, Duaneybear, Twitter Duane’s data at InfoWorld  

You want your hard work to get noticed, right? When it comes to designing visualizations and dashboards, getting your work noticed and making it useful have typically come with some sort of sacrifices on both sides. In this week’s show, Robert, Mike and Ben discuss just this topic: the philosophy behind designing dashboards for fun and profit! During Tableau Conference 2018, where are you inspired to make your vizzes more useful and more eye-catching?

As Tableau Conference 2018 draws closer, we can barely contain our excitement about connecting with you in New Orleans! To help channel our enthusiasm, here’s the second part of our Tableau Social Media Ambassador David Pires’ conversation with several speakers and attendees who are just as pumped for this year’s TC as we are. In this segment, David talks to the following guests: Annabelle Rincon, Laura Sandford, Luke Stanke, Katie Wagner.

Well, Tableau Conference is almost here and we’re so excited to meet you down in New Orleans. In preparation for all that jazz, David Pires, our own Tableau Social Media Ambassador, chats with a host of attendees that are as excited as we are. Our fantastic guests are: – Sarah Bartlett and Lorna Eden – Lindsay Betzendahl and Vince Baumel about Fanalytics – Lilach Manheim – Mike Cisneros – and Joshua Smith

Who doesn’t love a little magic? Many of us at InterWorks are HUGE fans of Disney. So when we heard about Disney Data and Analytics Conference, we knew it was one we had to check out. Ben and Robert graciously and humbly volunteered to be our warthogs guinea pigs and they had a blast. Of course, Disney can’t just put on a conference. No. They made it a whole experience. Listen in as you get to live vicariously through Ben and Robert and hear all about how to make your data roar!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!? It’s officially football season, meaning armchair quarterbacks, pick six packs, and, of course, fantasy football! George Chahrouri of Pro Football Focus joins our panel of sports nuts led by Chris Sanders to talk about collecting data on every player on every play in every game, analyzing that data, and how it has affected player evaluation in the NFL. If you’re ready to go sack the competition from this show, check out George on PFF’s own podcasts at www.profootballfocus.com/podcasts or his twitter @PFF_George.

Mavis Liu has been a steady force since she started in our London office. From consultant to trainer to, now, Tableau Community Forum Ambassador, she’s going places – both literally and professionally. Fellow consultant Eugenia Kis was able to catch Mavis between gigs and get a look at how Mavis got here, her favorite Tableau tips, and being on the road.

Sarah Burnett’s career in data has taken her all over the world – from New Zealand to London and now to Singapore. Sarah co-leads the Singapore Tableau User Group (with Datasaurus Rex) and is a Tableau Social Ambassador. Jia returns to talk with Sarah about her data (and literal) travels, her involvement in the data community and her favorite Tableau tips. And don’t miss Sarah on Makeover Mondays, Iron Viz, and the Tableau Fringe Festival APAC where she’ll be presenting!

First-time host and InterWorks’ representation in Singapore Jia Liu stomps around with Datasaurus Rex David Murphy. David is from England but seized the opportunity to travel the world and ended up in Singapore, where he works and co-leads the Singapore Tableau User Group. Find out what motivates him, what are some similarities and differences being in Singapore’s thriving data community, and the history of the “Datasaurus Rex” name (as well as some hidden meanings…shhhhh).

Dataiku’s Patrick Masi-Phelps goes behind the scenes with our own Robert Rouse to see where machine learning is developing and where companies are using utilizing it and artificial intelligence to make better decisions for their business. The future is now!

It’s officially conference season! Following up our TC2018 Europe previews, we’re wrapping up Alteryx Inspire 2018 with InterWorks’ Alteryx Practice Lead & Alteryx Ace Michael Treadwell and analytics consultants Chris Sanders and Russ Lyman. The team came back with some great highlights and interesting takeaways into the future of, not only Alteryx, but data visualization tools altogether. Check out this week’s episode for all that and more.

Tableau Conference Europe 2018 is next week! Besides making last minute preparations, David Pires finishes up talking to some fantastic people in the data community that you can meet at TC18Europe – Simon Beaumont, Rebecca Roland, Tristan Guillevin, and Tableau’s Sara Fernandes. We hope to see you in London; stop by our booth and say “hello” to David and the rest of the InterWorks team. We love making new friends.

Tableau Conference Europe is right around the corner! To prep, David Pires talks to some of his favorite (or “favourite”) people in the Tableau Community to see what and who they are excited about seeing in London. Today, we have Zen Master Neil Richards, Pablo Gomez, Annabelle Rincon, and Tableau’s own Kent Marten. This is part one of a special two-part series, which will conclude next week – just a week before TCE 2018. And if you’re going to be in London for TCE, stop by our booth and say “hello” or hit us up on Twitter @interworks.

If it takes a village, our village is lucky enough to have current and former Ambassadors and Zen Masters. Which is fortunate, because, in this episode, they dive into all the ways you can and why you should get involved in the Tableau community. You know, if you’re into Tableau. And if you’re listening here, you’ve at least heard of Tableau. From forums to blogs to social media, our panel is Social Media Ambassador David Pires, former Tableau Forum Ambassador Derrick Austin and former Zen Master Robert Rouse. They talk about their experiences in getting started, getting help and getting ahead with help from the Tableau Community. AND if that isn’t enough, Mat Hughes sits down with Patrick Van Der Hyde, Tableau Community Support Manager, to get the inside scoop on the Community.

Story time with Lego! Today’s episode delves into the problem with averages and how one can gain interesting insight by deconstructing the outer layers – something that kids are notoriously good at by asking the 5 Why’s (though we’re pretty sure they don’t mean it in the same way). We also jump into several books and have our first book review. Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

Tableau Prep (formerly known as Maestro) came out with the Tableau 2018.1 release and we got to talk to a couple of the men who helped shape it! Analytics Consultant Mat Hughes sat down with Isaac Kunen and Arther Gyldenege about their journey in creating Tableau Prep, the importance of listening to users’ feedback and the future of Tableau.