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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎨New blog post 🎨 I've written down some of the things I talked about in my Ihaka Lecture last month ❓ what is creativity in #DataViz ❓ why does it matter ❓ how to create more creative charts Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/creativ... #RStats #ggplot2

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Why creativity matters in data visualisation – Nicola Rennie

Creativity is an important aspect of data visualisation, and it can affect engagement, recall, and trustworthiness. This blog post outlines what creativity means when it comes to data visualisation, w...

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🎉 The next #TinyTableauTip Summer Guest Host is @diredata.bsky.social Learn how to: ✅ Create a cleaner "print" view for dashboards ✅ Add dynamic warnings when filters change an axis users might miss 🎥 youtu.be/CDLfji33hEQ 📖 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut... #Tableau #DataFam #DataViz

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Tiziana Alocci @tiziana.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Calling all #dataviz conferences & official meetups! I'm adding a 'dataviz conferences' section to my website's resource page, counting now almost 50 entries! Submit any events you know by filling this form: tally.so/r/D4ye7X

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Frederic Fery @fredericfery.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Join us if you want to use your data skills for social good bsky.app/profile/data...

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Today marks the first year since my dog Brownie passed away. It was difficult because he was with us when my dad was alive, and now it’s just me and my family. He had a wonderful 17-year life, and I still miss him. Love you Brownie 🐶

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Landed in San Diego since yesterday and cannot wait to go to Tableau community events later today! #TC26

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Team Datafam @team-datafam.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Latest TUG is youtu.be/ysbjHhsALgY @datastylist.bsky.social will be sharing tips on creating the L-shaped chart. Followed by an open discussion with the audience, questions provided by the hosts. LOTS of awesome content @ h̲t̲t̲p̲s̲://y̲o̲u̲t̲u̲b̲e̲.c̲o̲m̲/@T̲e̲a̲m̲D̲a̲t̲a̲F̲a̲m̲ #tableau #DataFam

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New Blog Post: Custom Row Banding Recently, my good friend Ghafar Shah, MS asked if we can do some custom row banding in Tableau. My first thought was no...but then I thought of this. Check it out: www.flerlagetwins.com/2026/03/cust...

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Custom Row Banding

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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 13/03/2026

unbelievably clean NFL draft #dataviz by @robmoore.tech you can play with it here! perthirtysix.com/nfl/draft/re...

An NFL draft report card for the Baltimore Ravens, featuring a sleek set of visuals and analytics breaking performance down by year, position, team, etc

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

#TinyTableauTip = LOD's👇 1️⃣ In 2025.3 you no longer need to add the closing } manually. Type FIXED / INCLUDE / EXCLUDE → Tableau adds it automatically 🙌 2️⃣ Quick FIXED LOD: Hold CTRL, drag a Measure onto a Dimension → Tableau creates the FIXED LOD for you. www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen

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Luigi Cicciari @spotondrtv.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Taco Awakens Episode III · May the 4th · Tableau Conference #DataPlusTacos #TC26 #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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Team Datafam @team-datafam.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Latest TUG is youtu.be/4DNsUJtj_No Speaker: Roshni Gohil, Analyst, Office of External Relations Presentation: Accessibility Matters: Universal Design Means Data for All LOTS of awesome content @ h̲t̲t̲p̲s̲://y̲o̲u̲t̲u̲b̲e̲.c̲o̲m̲/@T̲e̲a̲m̲D̲a̲t̲a̲F̲a̲m̲ #tableau #DataFam

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Viraj B @datatastemaker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Starting #Tableau in 2026? This one’s for you! Join the #TableauNewbies User Group on Jan 15 as we kick off our Road to Certification series, focused on the fundamentals you need to grow with confidence. Register and join us! usergroups.tableau.com/e/mrj7en/ #DataFam #NewbiesTUG #TableauUserGroups

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Data Visualization Society @datavizsociety.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🎉 We’ve received 188 responses to the 2025 State of the Data Viz Industry Survey so far! Take the survey if you create #dataviz in any capacity (hobby, work, school, art), and help us spread the word: www.surveyhero.com/c/soti2025-b...

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Heather Cox @heather-cox.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

It’s here! 🎉 Our Iron Viz survival guide episode has dropped. Full of laughs, tips, and strategies to help you cross the finish line—whatever your Iron Viz goals are. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataFam #UnfinishedVizness #NoVizLeftBehind

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Forged in Data: Kimly, Heather and Steve share their Iron Viz tips | Ep 3 - Unfinished Vizness

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New Blog Post Yet another round of #TinyTableauTip s from our incredible community. This round features tips from Tore Levinsen, Robert Taylor, Catherine Callahan. Mina Ozgen, and Mehras Abdoli. Link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/09/tiny...

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Tiny Tableau Tips - Round 8

As a reminder, our Tiny Tableau Tips blog posts are comprised of tips shared by others on social media that we are just providing a more ...

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Mo Wootten @woomo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The #NFL is back baby! And I’ve updated my drive chart #DataViz 📊 to show the whole week in one go! 😍 Interactive version available here including some really cool tooltip details 👌 public.tableau.com/views/NFLWee... #SportsAnalytics #DataFam #Tableau

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Still feel surreal that I was chosen as a Tableau Ambassador! I was just learning Tableau along with my journey and sharing my dashboards with the public. I never thought it would bring ideas and connections to the Tableau community. Congrats to all ambassadors!

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dub dub data @dubdubdata.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

We have some pretty exciting news to share... Fi and Sarah are returning this year as Tableau Ambassadors! A massive congratulations to all the Tableau Ambassadors! We can't wait to spend even more time with the #DataFam! #TableauAmbassador #DataViz #Tableau

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Whitney @xrayattack.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

New #dataviz on Power Across the States! Check out the changing U.S. Energy sources from 1990 to 2023. What's your state's primary source of energy? 💡 🔗: bit.ly/45KrMIS #datafam #energy #globalwarming #tableau

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dub dub data @dubdubdata.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The most effective data leaders know it’s not about learning a tool. It’s about evolving with the tools, the context, the questions. Dr Selena Fisk shares how adopting an “infinite game” mindset changes the way we engage with data long-term. Subscribe to keep levelling up.

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🚀 New #TinyTableauTip ft. @graphhopper.bsky.social! We clashed at #TC25TipBattle, and now Felicia is sharing 3 killer Tableau tricks 1️⃣ Double-click pills to overwrite & keep formatting 2️⃣ CTRL+Drag to copy pills 3️⃣ Right-click+drag for field options ▶️ www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen #DataFam

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Whitney @xrayattack.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Got a bunch a fields but only need to check on your calcs? Use the filter option to show only them! Also works for dimensions, measures, or comments. #datafam #tableau #tinytableautip #tableautip

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

🚨 New #TinyTableauTip from Nik Dutra (Brazil)! 🔒Learn how to mask email addresses in Tableau with reusable calc – and apply it to use for GDPR, LGPD, CCPA compliance. 🔗 Dive into the blog post or check my YT channel torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut... www.youtube.com/@ToreLevinsen #DataFam

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I have been asked where I learn from when learning Tableau, and I thought it would be a good idea to put my top 5 best resources! I still use it at work and in my free time. If you have someone who wants to learn Tableau but doesn’t know where to start, my blog post helps fill that gap.

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Heather Cox @heather-cox.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Looking forward to bringing this to the #datafam

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I'm really enjoying my RingConn 2 and love the UI experience. I can track everything for activities and sleep. It can also monitor sleep apnea, which is cool.

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Here's part 2 of Ken's series about Tableau 2025.2 new features. In this post, I'll share details about Show Me 2.0 and Dynamic Color Ranges. www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/07/new-...

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Four Cool New Features in Tableau 2025.2: Part 2

In June, Tableau released the latest version of their platforms (with the exception of Server, which is now on a twice annual release cycle)...

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Sekou Tyler @sqlsekou.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🚨 New Blog Post🚨 If you’re transitioning from Tableau to Power BI, one of the first hurdles you’ll face is translating calculated logic — especially those classic IF/THEN/ELSE statements. Link: medium.com/@sqlsekou/ho...

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How to Translate Tableau IF/THEN/ELSE Logic into Power BI DAX

If you’re making the transition from Tableau to Power BI, one of the first hurdles you’ll encounter is translating your familiar…

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is a viz I did on Saquon Barkley’s season and his Madden ratings for the upcoming game, Madden 26. He had an incredible season in his first season as an Eagle and also won a Super Bowl ring. He obviously had a major impact on the team. Looking forward to playing Madden 26!

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

New Blog Post: Show Just One Trendline in That Spaghetti Mess If you've ever tried to show just one trendline instead of a dozen, this is the blog post for you. link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2024/03/blog...

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Show Just One Trendline in That Spaghetti Mess

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Darragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Cool to see some more folk playing with #tableau’s MCP server! Great write up by Sekou! medium.com/@sqlsekou/co... #dataBS #dataSky

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Connecting to Tableau MCP: A Deep Dive into Lakers Data Analysis

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New blog post from Ken Flerlage: Tableau 2025.2 just came out and it has some great new features. Learn about two of them in part 1 of a 2-part series. Link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/06/new-...

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Four Cool New Features in Tableau 2025.2: Part 1

In June, Tableau released the latest versions of their platforms (with the exception of Server, which is now on a twice annual release cyc...

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William Careri @wcareri.com · 20/06/2025

Introducing VizDex! An ever-growing library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization. vizdexproject.com

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VizDex

A library of personal and independent blogs and newsletters dedicated to data visualization.

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Sarah from @dubdubdata.bsky.social said on Tableau Mastery, “Want to be great at Tableau? Not just good, but great. Here’s what we see in the best: passion, curiosity, attentiveness… And most importantly, they do the homework, then they do the extra homework”

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Lisa Charlotte Muth @lisacmuth.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

📊 There are *so* many chart types out there. Which one should you use for what kind of data and goal? I tried to answer the question in a new blog post (and poster!): www.datawrapper.de/blog/chart-t...

A poster showing icons for 40 different visualization types, categorized by goal – e.g. "showing shares" or "showing flows" or "showing developments over time".

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I'm back in my home state after a great Outlier conference in Miami! I am happy to be part of the volunteer team and assist with the conference's setup and everything. I had a great time there and was able to explore in Miami.

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

#Outlier2025 has been great so far, with many perspectives on data visualization. The tools used to display data amaze me; as someone who uses Tableau, it is a good perspective.

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Neil Richards @questionsindataviz.com · 11/06/2025

No offence to everyone else here at #outlier2025 but a talk by @datarevelations.com is basically the highlight of any conference - worth the entry fee alone! Here he tells us the importance of Seeing Data through your Audience’s Eyes

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🚀 New #TinyTableauTip: Calculated Fields (Part 3) More short, practical Tableau tricks: ✅ RANDOM() for jitter ✅ Rename ad-hoc calcs ✅ CONTAINS() function ✅ Custom TRUE/FALSE aliases ✅ Remove Grand Total bar See it all here 👇 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut... #DataViz #Tableau #Calculations

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dub dub data @dubdubdata.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🎙️ New unDUBBED Episode Drop! Future-Proof Your Data Career with Andy Kriebel & Eva Murray ~ AI, soft skills & growth strategies to thrive in data Link to poddy in comments #podcast #dataanalytics #careers #tableau #datavisualisation #softskills #ai #careercoach #datafam

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'm packing my things right after work tomorrow for the Miami Outlier DVS conference. I'm excited to attend my second data conference!

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

New #TinyTableauTip alert! ⚡️ Calculated Fields – Part 2 is live! 🔥 Inline calcs 🧠 Drag and Drop to create Fixed LOD 💬 Commenting + layout tips Make your formulas cleaner and smarter: torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut... #Tableau #DataFam #TableauTips

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Kev Flerlage @flerlagekev.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New Blog Post - Completely Change the Way you are using Tableau Layout Containers. In this video, I apply Curtis Harris' GAME-CHANGING layout containers technique to an actual dashboard & discuss a few tricks I've learned while using it. Link: www.flerlagetwins.com/2025/06/comp...

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Completely Change the way you use Tableau's Layout Containers

Frustrated with Tableau's layout containers? I've been there...in fact, I was there yesterday when trying to fix someone else's dashboar...

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Tore Levinsen @torelevinsen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🧮 New #TinyTableauTip! Calculated fields are a must-have tool for any data storyteller. In this blog post, I cover the basics and share examples to level up your Tableau skills. More to come soon! 👉 torelevinsen.com/tinytableaut... #Tableau #DataViz #CalculatedFields

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Rudy Castillo @rudycastillo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Published Cinco De Mayo Spendings Breakdown Dashboard in Tableau Public! I was curious about the categories, so I explained each one using a storytelling approach.

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Darragh Murray @darraghmurray.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

My newsletter is back! I discuss the rather pointless debate over which popular business intelligence tool is ‘better’, rather saying other factors usually decide which tool is adapted to by practitioners and organisations. #dataBS #datasky #tableau #powerbi substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Tableau vs Power BI debate is largely a waste of time

The choice of business intelligence tool probably doesn't matter as much as you might think it does

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