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Feb 2012
Tim Costello
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Let me tell you a secret about working with SQL Server.  Anyone can do it.  I’m not going to imply that it’s easy.  You can’t do it in 24 hours and it’s certainly not for dummies … but...[more]
10
Feb 2012
Tim Costello
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He stands at the podium and proclaims with a sense of otherworldly serenity ‘it just WORKS!’. A friendly wink, an embarrassed half grin and a subtle nod in the direction of the competition and the...[more]
06
Feb 2012
Tim Costello
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I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it. In this video series I’ll show you how I...[more]
06
Feb 2012
Tim Costello
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I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it.  In this video series I’ll show you...[more]
06
Feb 2012
Tim Costello
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I find the best way to learn how to use Tableau is to find some real data you’re interested In, bring it in to Tableau and do something interesting with it.  In this video series I’ll show you...[more]
29
Jan 2012
Tim Costello
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I’ve been thinking a lot about life balance lately.  If I love what I do for my ‘work’, why would I want to stop doing it to ‘play’?  I’ve struggled with these questions for a long time....[more]
31
Dec 2011
Tim Costello
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It’s been a remarkable year for me; without a doubt the best year of my career (ever).  I was fortunate enough to be invited to give presentations on Tableau and SQL Server in Canada, Texas,...[more]
19
Dec 2011
Tim Costello
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Tableau gives us a lot of ways to connect to data. We can easily connect to Excel, Access, SQL Server, Oracle … the list goes on and on. One place that’s not in that list is email. We get a lot of...[more]
15
Dec 2011
Tim Costello
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There are a couple ways we can connect to data in Excel … today I want to show you one that many people overlook.  You can simply drag an icon for a file that Tableau recognizes (Microsoft...[more]
14
Dec 2011
Tim Costello
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Last night was the Dallas – Fort Worth Tableau user group’s annual holiday party.  They say there aint no party like a data geek party, I think the 15 data geeks in attendance last night would...[more]