Podcast Your Data

Alan Eldridge, Tableau's first full-time local employee for APAC, joins our own Aussie, Robert Curtis. Together they explore what makes Tableau and its community unlike any other, how Tableau is able to meet the demands of both SMBs and Enterprise customers, the future of Tableau and much more. You won't want to miss Alan's top 6 tips for creating faster workbooks either! Subscribe to Podcast Your...

We're going fully global with our first APAC show! Our own Aussie Robert Curtis talks with Vaishali Vijay, a thought leader and champion for women in data. Vaishali and Robert talk women in data, dynamic influences in the data industry, and the impact of data on society and how it is impacting social change. You can follow Vaishali on Twitter – @vaishalivijay1. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data throu...

Authors Steve Wexler and Jeffery Shaffer chat with our own David Pires about their new book The Big Book of Dashboards. Get the inside story on the process of gathering, curating, and legal-wrangling of this HUGE book of some of the most interesting vizzes out there now. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

"You have to be able to explain it on a napkin." Dr. Kenneth Sanford joins Ben and gives you the gift of open source software, Voltron full-stack data scientists, and swearing machines. You don't want to miss Ken's take on descriptive analytics and education/training for analysts. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Emma Cosh joins our own Kate Treadwell on the podcast this week! Emma is a freelance data viz designer, UX connoisseur, artist, author, and public speaker, and advocate for the underrepresented in the industry. She created and hosts Tiny Tableau Talks to help those who are just getting started with presenting and has a graphic novel coming out. Find her work at http://egcosh.com. Subscribe to Podc...

Robert has the pleasure of talking with Jeffrey Osborn and Kevin Lustig, Creative Director and Technical Director respectively, from Graphicacy – an interactive agency specializing in data visualizations, infographics, motion graphics, data analysis, and, most of all, storytelling with data. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Our resident Alteryx Ace Michael Treadwell is joined by analyst Chris Sanders to talk about their new features in the newest release of Alteryx – Alteryx 11. Listen as they wax poetic about browsers, search, and several of the other great features available to you now. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

How can you or your organization get more out of your raw data? How do you make the data understandable to the masses? And how do you make better decisions based on the data? This show, Ben, Derrick, and Alex have a roundtable discussion about making data relevant and accessible. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

We take a moment – actually, a whole show – to remember Hans Rosling, who passed away on Feb 7, 2017. Ben and Dan talk about their most memorable moments with Hans and attempt to imagine where the world of data is headed, as Hans did. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Michael, Katie, and Jon – several of our resident LSU grads (Geaux Tigers) – talk about how to prepare yourself for a career in the data field. Whether you're in college now, about to go to college, considering a career change, or know someone who is, this group gives some great insights into what it takes and on which areas you should focus. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher...

We all love making new, beautiful visualizations, but what good are the vizzes if your data is unsecured and a mess? In this episdoe, InterWorks Data Engineer Matthew Brimer and Solutions Architect Jonathan Lundin talk about security, the Internet of Things, and shoring up the wave of the future: mobile devices. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite...

Zion Spencer, product manager for Power Tools for Tableau, joins us to talk about software development, how he and his team are gathering your feedback (hint: really cool clubs that you can join), and does his best Henry Ford impression. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Randy Krum, author of "Cool Infographics" and coolinfographics.com, joins Tim to talk about his experience in the data industry, his and Tim's favorite hats, and getting involved in the community. Get a free chapter of his book at http://www.coolinfographics.com/book. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Have you heard of Francois Ajenstat? He's only one of the Chief Product Officer at Tableau. He stopped by to talk with Zen Master Robert about #data16, his history at Microsoft, his new role, how to fill buckets, where you can find his name in all kinds of databases, and much more. It's his job to talk and listen to you about where Tableau is headed and boy is he passionate about you guys! Subscri...

2016 Iron Viz contestants Russell Spangler, Robert Rouse, and winner Curtis Harris recount their experiences at TC16. How does one prepare for those 20 minutes where it's just you and the data? How do the feeder competitions compare? What was their favorite moments AFTER the competition? Who of the three knows where you can get the best pulled pork sandwich in Austin? Get these answers and more yo...

EVP of Sales and Tableau Employee #10(ish) Kelly Wright joins Dan Murray to talk about the early days of Tableau, the Tableau Conference, selling software to people who didn't know they needed it. Kelly and Tableau are passionate about empowering people to answer their own questions with data and that's one of the keys to Tableau's success. ; Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher...

Ever wonder what it takes to get 35+ people from all over the world into one place all while designing a booth and collateral at the biggest conference for this Terabyte sponsor? In this episode, you'll go behind the scenes with members of the Marketing and Operations teams to see how they pull it off. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcastin...

Tableau Zen Master Robert Rouse and Social Ambassador Derrick Austin hang out and chat about how to survive and thrive at Tableau Conference 2016. This year, Austin, TX plays host. So grab your walking shoes, a battery pack, and a bottle of water and get ready for the biggest TC ever! #data16 Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Consultant Alex Lentz and Alteryx Ace Michael Treadwell join Ben to talk about what predictive analytics is and philosophies and techniques for taking your data to the next level with R and Alteryx. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

We've got Tableau Conference coming up, so we're celebrating with a rerun of our original show. Dan Murray is a Tableau evangelist and author of "Tableau Your Data!".

Josh Tapley, from data-ink.com, joins Zen Master Robert Rouse to talk about his background in data, Makeover Monday, finding and hiring the right candidates, and the importance of the Tableau community.

InterWorks consultants Ben Bausili, James Wright, and Mat Hughes preview Tableau 10, which was released today. They talk about their favorite new features in both Desktop and Server editions and where they believe Tableau is headed in the future. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Matt Chambers, aka SirVizALot, stops in to talk with Derrick about how he got started in data, the pros and cons of using tile maps, and what book he has on his desk right this minute. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Tim Costello – InterWorks' own analytics consultant and SQL guru – switches sides of the mic and is interviewed about his move from medical responder to agile promoter. Tim and Ben talk about SQL Saturdays, agile data warehousing, getting into a meetup, making yourself better. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.

Nolen Akerman, Senior Data Scientist, joins Dan Murray and talks about rethinking long-form visualizations with immersion rooms, replaying the weather with Tableau, how analytics and IT can coexist, and the benefits of being involved in a user group. Subscribe to Podcast Your Data through iTunes, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or your favorite podcasting app.