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Comparing Word Usage in Sacred Writings

(Much thanks to Joe Mako for his help with the “Sort By” functionality in this…

How-to Make Control Charts with Tableau

(Updated 1/4/2012 – “Trends” (6 in a row either all rising or all falling) and…

Tableau Customer Conference Tweet-watching

Keeping up with all the Tableau users in Vegas this week for the 2011 Tableau…

Are Speeding Tickets on the Rise?

{Full disclosure: with 3 speeding tickets in the past 2 years and a huge car…

Steve Jobs and job creation

A look at employment history at Apple tells it all. The U.S. will need to…

Tom Brady and Control Charts with Tableau

In case you weren’t paying attention, earlier this month future NFL Hall-of-Famer Tom Brady threw…

24Hrs of #strataconf tweets

For all of you out there interested in what people are tweeting about Strataconf 2011…

U.S. Crime Rates Fall

The FBI recently released nationwide crime statistics for 2010 and crime is down for the fourth…

Choosing a Hospital

If you want to know what patients think about different hospitals in the U.S., Medicare…

Ranking the World’s Top Universities

Each year the world’s top universities are ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds.  The most recent rankings…