A few people are writing about semantic layers recently, and now I've joined the fray with a small piece on 'Onboarding AI: Why Semantic Layers Matter'. You can read here: thedatavist.substack.com/p/onboarding... #databs #datasky #ai #genai

📊 #dataviz #network 🕸️🕸️The first network diagram of this thingy now called the "internet". Tim Berners Lee diagram, March 1989. It shows documents described by hypertext, with hypermedia, authored by people in hierarchical groups, ...

Colour in data visualisation is not purely aesthetic - its strategic as well #databs #datasky #datafam open.substack.com/pub/thedatav...

Some words on how I’ve done reasonably well in #tableau’s Iron Viz competition and some strategies for success when you’re visualising against the clock #dataSky #datafam #dataBS

They've also got one coming out for @duckdb.org #DuckDb

Naughty by Nature back with a reboot of their 1991 hip-hop classic, but for a new ai-driven age. #AI #MCP #dataBS #dataSky #MCPYeahYouKnowMe

@drdemography.com interesting article on divorce rates on the conversation. One pet theory I’ve always had was that people were getting married older and thus had already navigated a number of failed relationships before settling down, hence less divorce.Curious to know if any credence to my theory

In SQL I trust

It's been a while since I last shared my starter pack If you're a stats/data person in or from the Pacific region (not just Australia or Aotearoa) and would like to be included, please let me know! #statssky #episky #databs #rstats #python

Melbourne, the day has finally arrived! The doors to Day 1 of DataEngBytes 2025 are now open. Get ready for a full day of everything data engineering.

Day 2 of #DataEngBytes has started strong. I’m quite enjoying @olenakutsenko.bsky.social talk about ‘Bringing Stories To Life with AU’, which is both fascinating and fun. #dataBS #datasky

Really great to be back in Melbourne for the #dataengbytes conference. Not sure how I feel about the conference venue literally being the Collingwood Magpies training facility, but at least the food is great #databs #datasky

I was fortunate to be on the @dubdubdata.bsky.social podcast (unDUBBED) recently to talk about Model Context Protocol (#MCP) and #tableau, and more widely on the topic of AI & business intelligence. Listen in or watch the 'live' demo here www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1qP... #dataBS #dataSky #AI #dataviz

#Tableau Ambassador nominations are open until July 25th, and I asked #Suno to generate a song to encourage the #datafam to get involved. So here is: #AmbassItOn ! suno.com/s/pi6v9tG8rG...

Cool to see some more folk playing with #tableau’s MCP server! Great write up by Sekou! medium.com/@sqlsekou/co... #dataBS #dataSky

It seems #tableau has released an MCP server! I did a bit of a deep dive, connecting Tableau to Claude and running a few queries. You can read about it here! thedatavist.netlify.app/posts/2025-0... #Claude #AI #MCP #DataBS #DataSky #datafam

This post from Seattle Data Guy on early data career is 100% gold. My one regret from my career was this point in particular. I missed out a lot because I was the only data guy #dataBs #datasky open.substack.com/pub/seattled...

Total Recall.

A great post from Dr Marco Motta on the pursuit of objectivity in data storytelling #dataviz #dataBS. Marco is both an expert in data viz and has a PhD in philosophy - so he has some unique perspectives that are worth engaging with www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-d...

Argh this hit hard !

This week on Counting Stuff, I had opportunity to vibe code a pdf extraction task for home, it went fine until things got really annoying. I still don't like it and am annoyed I can't write it off wholesale #dataBS www.counting-stuff.com/vibe-coding-...

Spent last few days diving into Model Context Protocol and honestly, it's got me thinking deeply about its impact on traditional business intelligence 🤔 . Keen to hear the thoughts of other AI/BI/data folks! Here's my post open.substack.com/pub/thedatav... #dataBS #dataSky #AI #MCP #dataviz

Recently have switched to using Obsidian for notes. Man, it's a beautiful application - particularly on the Mac.

Fairly damning!

A bit late to the party, but he's my game rating led match review of @brisbanelions.bsky.social v Essendon from last thursday (I've been sick!). Have a read if you're interested :) #AFL #AFLLionsBombers #footy roar-metrics.ghost.io/essendon-sca...

US politics seems completely confusing to me. The ability for the leader to just pardon folks on a whim seems completely open to abuse and undermines the integrity of the judicial system. Why is that permitted?

My newsletter is back! I discuss the rather pointless debate over which popular business intelligence tool is ‘better’, rather saying other factors usually decide which tool is adapted to by practitioners and organisations. #dataBS #datasky #tableau #powerbi substack.com/home/post/p-...

It sometimes blows my mind that many of the real-life settings in Bluey are in the park just down the road from me. #bluey

Latest bit of Roar Metrics analysis - though a bit of 'non-analysis' as I didn't watch the full Brisbane Lions game. roar-metrics.ghost.io/2025-round-1...

In Africa, 25% of the electricity is generated from low-carbon sources. Hydropower is the main source of low-carbon electricity, generating 17% of the continent’s electricity. theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart...

Player ratings for the @brisbanelions.bsky.social v the Hawks. #AFL #AFLHawksLions

🤣 #dataBs

I've been using Discord a bit for various data and analytics communities, and man, it SMASHES both Slack and Teams.

Picture of a man who has no shame in ordering bubble gum flavoured ice cream

We have a "never use yellow if you can help it" rule for our charts. We couldn't help it on this one www.economist.com/united-state...

Things that annoy me: the flagrant overuse of emojis in every single LinkedIn post nowadays.

It's crazy that the Suns are now a good team. If they'd played that game in hand at home against the Bombers, and assuming they'd won (which is not beyond the realm of possibility), they'd be #1 on the AFL ladder.

This is cheeky @australiainstitute.org.au , you might need to look at your charts in your recent university paper. Did Melbourne really only spend $68 on travel in 2023? Your figure numbers are also wrong I think! The text says this is figure 3 but it’s clearly figure 2?

Not sure if that rusty, but we just published a bonus lesson on getting started with R that might be helpful! www.ggplot2-uncharted.com/bonus/intro-...

This Cats v Dogs match is wild. Only the start of the last quarter and nearly 200 points scored. #afl #aflcatsdogs

I’m really enjoying reading Morgan Depenbusch’s new #dataviz and communications newsletter and today’s edition really resonates on how to be interesting when drafting presentations - particularly involving data #databs #datasky www.morgandepenbusch.com/p/how-to-be-...

Also, I've got my done up my 'heroes' and 'not quite heros' for Round 10. #AFL

My match report of @brisbanelions.bsky.social v Melbourne Demons now on Roar Metrics. roar-metrics.ghost.io/2025-round-1... #AFL #AFLLionsDees

This course seems to have a great deal of potential if you want to sharpen your ggplot2 skills

Quite a good read for energy and energy chart nerds!

Ahh @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social your maxim on the espn footy pod of “if you’re ahead when the siren goes you win 100% of the time” is often proved false! 😀 given we have kicks after the siren! (But I got your gist)

First ever identical #afl draw (credit: useless afl stats) #aflkangaroolions)

#AFL Round 8 team quadrants 🙏🙂 😭😐 The Suns have some concerns heading into a big matchup this week with the Dogs