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Category: Data Visualization

Pro data

Published by davetline on February 17, 2022

I spent more than a decade of my professional life working in data analytics, which always involved some level of data visualization. Most of those efforts are lost to time but at least a couple should still be visible (see below).

For a time, the Diversity Digest was VCU’s weekly compendium of DEI news and information. While shut down in March 2023, you can still see it here. What’s sleek about it is not necessarily the graphic design but the inner-workings: a streamlined process for submitting articles, curating them for inclusion and then allowing anyone on our team to update the “official” version of the Digest on a weekly basis.

The Service-Learning Data Dashboard was one of the most rewarding projects I’ve worked on in my professional career. The two Service-Learning leaders I worked with are creative, smart and fun and they made this project delightful for the whole team. It’s the most ambitious Tableau project I’ve ever completed and the final project reflects about 10 things I learned how to do from scratch in order to put it together. Everyone should have the opportunity to work on something this cool in their life.

You can viz all over anything

Published by davetline on February 17, 2022

So at this point, I’ve only done two personal visualizations that would be of even mild interest to others.

There’s this chart that tracks the contestants on the TV show, “Alone.” I simply loved putting this together and will plan to maintain it with subsequent seasons.

Then there’s this dashboard that took fake data having to do with student absences and sanctions (detentions/suspensions) and turned it into a possible proactive system for seeing when students might be in trouble. I did it originally for a job interview but really dug into it and fleshed it out. I think it turned out great. I didn’t get the job.

Vizzy-wiggy

Published by davetline on February 17, 2022

I first started doing data visualization when working at CF Sauer using software called iDashboards. It was pretty nifty but also limited.

While still at Sauer I started working with Tableau, a really fun platform that, even after plugging away at it for going on 4 years, I’m still learning cool stuff about.

I knew I had entered a new realm of geek when I started doing visualizations (called vizzes for those in the bizzes) for fun. I’ve only done a couple but I’m sure there will be more.