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The Basics of Interacting with a Web API
Interacting with an API for the first time is like trying to get a ham and cheese sandwich from a dog. Imagine you’re visiting your...
HOW TO: Stand out in the FIRST STAGE of the Data School Applications
Getting into the Data School down under can be tough, but just be yourself, choose a dataset that you love, and don't be afraid to...
The Data School: Where Passion for Data Pays
Sometimes stressful, sometimes painful, sometimes a late Thursday night chicken supreme pizza, but it was always fun. The training was definitely not what I had...
Reflective Blog: Before & After Training At the Data School
Our 4-month training at the Data School has come to an end. It’s the perfect time to recap what we’ve learned so far and what...
Fixed-LOD Friday (Dashboard Week D5)
Context Today’s task used the UN Air Quality Data, but we were forbidden from using Alteryx. This was our go-to data cleansing and preparation tool....
Throwback Thursday (Dashboard Week D4)
Context Today’s task was using cocktail data from an API. However, the catch is that we have to use Tableau version 8.3! With the 8.3...
Behind the scene: “Mix your cocktail” viz (Tableau v8.3)
The challenge for dashboard week day 4 is using a very old version of Tableau from 2015, tableau v8.3. We also had to use the...
Height of Buildings in NSW (Dashboard Week D3)
Context Today’s task entails connecting to ARCGIS via Tableau. This is actually quite simple. First you need to find something that has an api that...
Behind the scene: “The life of urban vs rural dwellers” Viz
I’m back for another blog on dashboard week day 3. I’ve been pumping out blogs and vizzes like a factory these days. It’s hard to...
Behind the scene: “Winning traits/strategies – Male vs Female UFC Fighters” Viz
Our mission for day 2 of Dashboard Week is to create the application viz for the next cohort DSAU7 in one day (applicants have 2...