Luke Yin
Before joining the Data School, Luke was a PhD researcher studying urban history of global cities at the University of Melbourne. Previously, Luke worked as an internal accountant for a Melbourne local winery. When conducting urban research, Luke discovered his passion for data visualisation and analysis through a number of university-based digital projects. Later, this became the reason for him to join the Data School. Luke wants to combine his expertise in research and business with data analysis to help solve real-world problems.
In his spare time, Luke likes travelling, cooking and spending time with his cats. Luke loves chatting about culture and history, especially with the right drink in hand.
Issues with Tableau Public
In the Tableau community worldwide, Tableau Public should be one of the most popular sites for Tableau users. Tableau users can publish their Tableau Desktop projects to this website at any time, and many amazing projects can be discovered there. However, be...
Dashboard week Day 3
Today we have received data from https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/taxation-statistics-2018-19 taxation statistics. There was a lot of data in different tables and we had to choose one for analysis pretty quickly to be able to time box with the dashboard. Data was...
Less is More – Why a Neat Dashboard is Important for Visual Storytelling
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away,” - French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Some dashboard examples There are so many Tableau dashboards on Tableau Public. Some are good, some are bad,...
How to get your Tableau project featured as VOTD (Viz of the Day)
Recently one of my Tableau projects has been featured on the Tableau Public VOTD (Viz of the Day) page. I want to share a few of my own reflections on this exciting experience. What is VOTD? For those who never heard of VOTD from Tableau Public but still...
Useful tips for Project Lead
Technically speaking, I wasn’t the project lead at the beginning of last week’s project. It happened that our project lead was sick on Tuesday, and I decided to take the role and lead the team. I didn’t have much time to learn how to be a project lead. The whole team...
Data visualisation: a history (2) – Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) was a pioneer in the field of contemporary nursing. During the Crimean War, when she organised the care of wounded soldiers in Constantinople, Nightingale rose to notoriety as a manager and trainer of nurses. Her role as "The Lady...
On Regular Expression (Regex).. and Alteryx
Seriously, Regular Expression (Regex) almost made me want to quit Alteryx. Imagine you are in a huge library and looking for a book, the first person you might think of is the librarian. To data analysts, regex is the librarian, and data is the book they are looking...
Data visualisation: a history (part one) – Charles Joseph Minard
I thought it would be interesting to discuss the history of data visualisation. Who doesn’t enjoy classics? Like all other subjects, data visualisation also has a fascinating history. I’m going to discuss some of the best visualisations in the past and their authors....
Alteryx Guide For SQL users
Alteryx, by its core, is a SQL… but easier to learn and use for those who never learned to code. That being said, SQL users should be able to use Alteryx in a very short period of time. Below is a brief introduction of some Alteryx functions and their...
How I got into the Data School?
When I first saw the Data School Seek ads, I thought it was a scam. It was too good to be true – according to the ads, the Data School pays its employees to get trained for Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, etc. These days, People can find boot camps, short courses, and even...