Everyone at Tableau is a data geek at heart. What we love about our customers is they are too! We're always amazed at what people say when talking about data. For instance, here are a couple of comments overheard just the other day.
- “I prefer left joins.”
- “We have multi-tenancy!!!!”
- “Well, just how dirty is your data…”
- “He said big data but it was just 2 gig.”
- “It's only a bar chart but it's my data and it's beautiful.”
With the launch of Tableau 7.0 we decided that we wanted to do a tribute to data geeks worldwide. We put together a video, a tribute if you will, to the things that data geeks say that catch our attention.
Check out the YouTube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aykIwd_gcls
I'm betting you have your own favorite lines. If so, we want to hear about them!
- Twitter: Tweet us @Tableau with what you heard - be sure and include the tag #StuffDataGeeksSay
- Facebook: If your quote is longer than 140 characters, then post it on our face book here
- Blog: Post your quote below in the blog comments
Over the next 48 hours, we'll pick the best quotes (think re-tweets, comments, etc.) and we will send those folks a Tableau t-shirt.
Be sure and check out the Tweets so far. We'll also post occasional round-ups here on our blog.
Next week we'll do another short video using the best quotes amassed from you!
So start thinking about #StuffDataGeeksSay and send it to us!
Comments
#1
So I discretely popped one of those blue pills, maxed out the size shelf and explored my favorite filled area chart.
#2
"It depends on what your definition of 'a week' is."
#3
We will record the week of Jan 23rd and post for everyone to enjoy!
#4
“You’re taking a data dump?”
#5
"Data analysis is like being an offensive lineman in football. No one appreciates you until you do something wrong."
#6
My Data's got the moves like Jagger...
http://richmurnane.blogspot.com/2012/01/datageek-moves-like-jagger.html
#7
Some other good ones I posted a few months ago:
The Most Interesting DataGeek in the World...
He once had some bad data in his database, just to see how it feels... #MostInterestingDataGeek #DataQuality
He once punched his #DBA in the nose, and the DBA apologized... #MostInterestingDataGeek
His data tells him when something is wrong, and also apologizes... #MostInterestingDataGeek #DataQuality
His data smells like cologne... #MostInterestingDataGeek
If he were to send an email without recipients, it would still go to the right people... #MostInterestingDataGeek
He's been known to cure #DataGovernance politics, just by walking into the room... #MostInterestingDataGeek
His organ donation card also includes his #SQL skills... #MostInterestingDataGeek
He can speak #Oracle, in #DB2... #MostInterestingDataGeek
His data is expanding faster than the universe... #MostInterestingDataGeek
His indexes ask him if they should perform faster... #MostInterestingDataGeek
His thoughts on #MySQL... "No"... #MostInterestingDataGeek
He'll talk about data to senior executives and they will ask for an encore... #MostInterestingDataGeek
He is, the most interesting data geek in the world... #MostInterestingDataGeek
He doesn't always make data cry out in happiness, but when he does, he does it at the keyboard... #MostInterestingDataGeek
http://richmurnane.blogspot.com/2011/07/most-interesting-datageek-in-world.html
#8
Good ones, Jerry, Andy, Andrew and Matt.
Great quantity and quality, Rich.
#9
It figures, that if there is artificial intellignece, then there has to be artificial stupidity...
#10
All BI is local.
#11
Data insights != SQL
or...
SQL? We don't need no stinking SQL!
#12
They told me it was bad data. I knew it was just misunderstood.
#13
So the Big BI guy says to me: "You can't get anywhere until you build your ODS, ETL, EDW, SL, and DVL. It'll take 5 months."
He was wrong.
#14
All data is true.