45 minute visualisation!

I'm still commuting to London, and this morning while scrolling through Twitter, I wanted to know two things; one, how many points does it actually take to win the league (For Leicester [who will inevitably, probably regress over December], Arsenal and Manchester City) and two, what's the magic number that José Mourinho has to help his Chelsea team...

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An Ode to Brett Pitman*

(* and also Freddie Sears) This post is an ode to Brett Pitman, a player who I have been a huge fan of and felt that he was *the* coup of the summer transfer window - My post on replacing Daryl Murphy highlighted the fact that Pitman actually...

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Informative shapes, dynamic annotations & the beauty of wow

I've started my first placement after finishing at the Data School, and there are two key things I've experienced so far; firstly, I am so not used to being referred to as the 'Tableau Expert' - I still feel like there's way too much for me...

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Reviewing that Zlatan viz

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was always described as an 'enigma' - People weren't sure how good he really was, he scored often but never really exploded, yet still commanded huge transfer fees - But I think since he moved to Paris St-Germain, he's really come into his own - A fact which was highlighted when he became the club's all-time highest goalscorer with...

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Let's go!

I've been meaning to create this blog for a while. Since joining the Information Lab, three or four months after discovering Tableau, the world of Cairo, Tufte and Few, everything seems to have accelerated and I'm seeing, understanding and developing more and more new things every single day. So the purpose of this blog is to attempt to post my thoughts...

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Analytics Thinkpiece;

I could I thought of a more imaginative title, but sometimes simplicity is key. I think this was a theme reflected recently when I came up with and delivered a 'Sports* Analytics 101 (*mainly football)" presentation to my colleagues at the...

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FIXED Level of Detail Intricacies; a Case Study

This blog was originally posted on The Information Lab: https://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2015/11/04/fixed-level-detail-intricacies-case-study/ Preamble Level of detail calculations are super duper tricky - Having used Tableau for the...

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