Turns out getting stuck isn't failure: it's normal Heather, Kimly and Steve went full vizness forensics for @team-datafam.bsky.social TUG with 6 lessons from our episodes to date The recording dropped and it's very much our usual chaotic energy www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc-t...

Coffee fuels dashboards. It can also fuel overthinking. Episode 5 of #UnfinishedVizness is live, featuring @sezbee.bsky.social and a coffee viz caught in analysis paralysis. Highly relatable. Mildly caffeinated. 👉 youtu.be/QQNL2vkPEvQ

Three Unfinished Vizness hosts took on #IronViz 2026. Heather Cox and Kimly Scott landed in the top 10! 🎉 Steve Wood stayed on-brand #UnfinishedIronVizness Congrats to everyone who had a go, finished or not. Bravo to the top 10, and can't wait for the Iron Viz finals at the Tableau Conference.

A brand new episode of Unfinished Vizness will drop in 5 days time! Be the first to see it: head to youtube.com/@unfinishedv... and subscribe.

In case you missed it in the end-of-year blur, Ludo Koelman joined us with an unfinished viz focused on music theory. Expect playful exploration, creative tangents, and lots of “what if we tried this?” Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V81T... #UnfinishedVizness #TableauPublic #DataFam

If music be the food of love, play our latest episode of #UnfinishedVizness Ludo Koelman visualises music itself in a data-driven quest for understanding. Perfect inspiration for your #IronViz prep! 🎶 youtu.be/V81T9O3gKk0

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #15 🎉 Bon Appetit Whether you make the Top 10 or not, you’ll have created something original, beautiful, and uniquely yours. Good luck—may your charts be crisp and your stories well-seasoned. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #GoodLuck

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #14 🤝 Lean on the DataFam When your viz starts to curdle, the community’s your rescue sauce. Share progress, swap feedback, or just vent – it’s part of the tradition. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataFam #CommunitySupport

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #13 🔁 Don’t Chase Perfection Perfection’s the overcooked steak of Iron Viz. Aim for 80 percent brilliant and hit publish. You’ll learn more by finishing than by fussing. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DesignProcess #CreativeMindset

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #12 📜 Stay Within the Rules Avoid copyrighted logos and imagery: create your own graphics or generate them with AI, and give credit to your sources and inspiration. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #EthicalDesign #DataArt

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #11 📖 Explain Your Intent Give your audience a menu, not just the meal. An “About this viz” section shows what’s on offer and why you served it that way. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #Storytelling #DataViz

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #10 😴 Sleep Is a Secret Ingredient Creativity collapses without rest. Step away when you’re stuck; fresh eyes fix problems faster than caffeine ever will. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataCreativity #SelfCare

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #9 ⏳ Plan Your Prep Time Work backwards from the deadline and schedule wisely. Mix in time to research, design, and taste-test your ideas, leaving plenty of time for plating and presentation. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #8 ♿ Make It Accessible Accessibility isn’t garnish—bake it in. Add alt text, use readable font sizes (>=12pt) & limit text-as-images to titles. Everyone deserves a seat at the table. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #InclusiveDesign

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #7 👀 Respect the Judges Make it easy to digest. Explain colours, context, and references right in the viz. The judges shouldn’t need a secret menu to understand your story. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #Storytelling #DesignMatters

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #6 🧩 Control the Kitchen Chaos Plan your layout before it boils over. Floating elements are great until you resize the dashboard-then it’s a food fight. Copy your viz before resizing. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #5 🗣️ Get Feedback Early Half-baked ideas are perfect for feedback. You’ll get more value from critique when you’re still flexible enough to pivot. Don’t wait until it’s plated and cold. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #Feedback

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #4 🍲 Start Messy, Taste Often Exploration comes first. Try wild chart ideas, play with forms, throw in too many spices. Find balance between Analysis, Storytelling, and Design. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DesignThinking

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #3 🍳 Don’t Overcook Your Data Pick a dataset that fits the theme, find the story, then stop stirring. Too many ingredients and you’ll burn your time. You’ve got a month, not a Michelin kitchen. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz Tip #2 ❤️ Pick a Topic That Feeds You The theme might be food, but your real ingredient is passion. Choose a topic that you’ll still want to “taste-test” after the twelfth late night. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataFam #Creativity

Unfinished Vizness Iron Viz tip #1 🏃 The Marathon Mindset Iron Viz is more feast than sprint. Pace yourself, plan your prep time, and remember—getting your viz plated and served is the real win. Watch our Iron Viz tips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataViz #TableauPublic

“What Iron Viz isn’t.” 🫢 Sharing a fun moment from our Iron Viz survival episode—just in time for Iron Viz starting this week. Full episode → www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #IronViz #DataFam #UnfinishedVizness #NoVizLeftBehind

New #UnfinishedVizness! 🎉 This time it’s all about #IronViz—our pep talk & survival guide rolled into one. 🛡️ Tips on ideas, data, design, feedback & time management (plus a reminder to sleep 😅). Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnSo... #DataFam #NoVizLeftBehind

Subscribe now so you don't miss the new episode with #IronViz tips, tricks and know how, dropping later this week #NoVizLeftBehind www.youtube.com/@unfinishedv...

It’s here! Episode 2 of Unfinished Vizness. This time: @brrosenau.bsky.social and her unfinished viz on the films that inspired Barbie. Watch the full episode →

Not all unfinished vizzes stay unfinished. Today, the viz @datavizlouis.bsky.social shared on our very first episode of #UnfinishedVizness is @tableaupublic.bsky.social's new #VizOfTheDay! 🌟 See the viz: public.tableau.com/views/TheGol... Watch the journey: youtu.be/30MgXbHdXvk

Come on, data, let’s go party 🎶 Tomorrow on #UnfinishedVizness, @brrosenau.bsky.social takes the stage. Subscribe now, so you don't miss it www.youtube.com/@unfinishedv...

Episode 2 of #UnfinishedVizness lands this week! Sure, it’s mostly Tableau… but sometimes creativity takes us to unexpected places. Like Paint.

Episode 2 of #UnfinishedVizness drops next week! 🎉 Still time to catch up on Episode 1 with @datavizlouis.bsky.social before the next viz adventure lands. Watch here: youtu.be/30MgXbHdXvk

Louis Yu ( @datavizlouis.bsky.social ) joined us in Ep 1 of #UnfinishedVizness with an early look at his K-Pop Demon Hunters viz. Now, it's live on @tableaupublic.bsky.social! 🔗 public.tableau.com/views/TheGol... Watch the episode to see how it evolved. youtu.be/30MgXbHdXvk #DataFam

🎉 EPISODE 1 of Unfinished Vizness is live! Louis Yu (Secrets of the Viz) joins us to ask what to do about conflicting data on the popularity of #Huntrix from #KPopDemonHunters messing up his viz-ion. We unpack the data weirdness and try to give this viz a future. Watch here ➡️ youtu.be/30MgXbHdXvk

A stuck viz isn’t the end of the story. Sometimes it’s just the start of a new one. Unfinished Vizness premieres tomorrow. youtu.be/1sV6wNFU_ok

A dataset with potential. A design half-formed. A filter that broke everything. Unfinished Vizness is for the vizzes that got stuck along the way. youtu.be/1sV6wNFU_ok

Not every viz needs to be perfect. But it'd be nice if it just… worked. We’re here for the stuck, the scrappy, and the secretly brilliant. Unfinished Vizness — almost ready to publish (unlike your viz - you know the one). youtu.be/6AVQ7VOuM2E

What if troubleshooting was a team sport? What if we brought the “unfinished” into the spotlight — to explore, learn from, and maybe even fix? Unfinished Vizness: Coming Soon youtu.be/6AVQ7VOuM2E

Ever start a viz that felt promising… until it didn’t? Or hit a wall you couldn’t quite explain? We’ve been there. We’re building something for that. Unfinished Vizness — coming soon. youtu.be/6AVQ7VOuM2E