Previous editions can be found here.
Edition #4: 04 Aug 2020
☀️ Happy Tuesday and welcome to Vizard weekly Edition #4, curated content on Data visualization/Tableau/Power BI/ Clearing interviews and career growth in general. Oh and some fun too 😍
If you missed past editions, you can catch up here. Otherwise, let’s dive in.
⚙️ Favorite Tool
Rapiddox is my is my favorite tool to generate Tableau/Power BI documentation in seconds. Highly recommend it if you want to avoid grunt work, save more time and actually sound smart in your team.
————————————————————————————————————————
📙 Excerpt from Storytelling With Data
The Book in Three Sentences:
Storytelling with data book sheds some much-needed light on the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. Coles emphasizes the power of storytelling and teaches us the way to bring data to life by understanding the context of the business.
This storytelling with data book highlights the simple yet powerful aspects of design that help bring meaningful and actionable insights to the business.
The story of the book revolves around one main concept,
✨” Don’t simply show your data—tell a story with it!”✨
Cole’s messages of “don’t be a data fashion victim” and “simple beats sexy” were powerful guides.
————————————————————————————————————————-
📊 Data Visualization Stuff
Continents & Countries compared
Elon Musk has received 10x more compensation than any other U.S. CEO over the last year
Australian Tax return showing where taxes are spent
Peppers ranked by how spicy they are
(US Politics and COVID-19) Case and Death Trends per 100K Residents in States that Voted Trump and Clinton in the 2016 Election.
Top grossing Hollywood movies from 1977 to 2020 based on the US Domestic Yearly Box Office
————————————————————————————————————————–
🤑 Jobs/Freelancing in (Aug 2020)
Who is hiring? – Current hiring companies
Who wants to be hired? – Leave your details here if you are looking to get hired
Freelance gigs – If you are looking for freelance work
Data Analyst jobs in Tech companies
————————————————————————————————————————–
👨🔬 Interesting Stuff
Build a KVM over IP for Under $100 Using a Raspberry Pi
I’ve created a tool to design sequence diagrams with my team
————————————————————————————————————————–
😛 Fun Stuff
Neural text to speech with dozens of celebrity voices
WebGL simulation of rainy autumn day/evening
————————————————————————————————————————–
👋 End Note
If you enjoy this Vizard weekly edition, I’d love it if you shared it with a friend or two. You can send them here to sign up. I try to make it one of the best emails you get each week, and I hope you’re enjoying it.
Reply back with questions, thoughts or any interesting stuff you come across this week. I love finding new things to read through members of this newsletter.
Have a great week
Sateesh
————————————————————————————————————————–
P.S: I would love to hear your valuable feedback on what you like, don’t like and things to improve. I’m all ears.