The blog has been quiet over the holidays, but look for some regular new posts coming soon.  It has been fun writing, both the personal posts and the Alteryx related ones.  I have had a good time writing and have been happy with the number of people reading, including 8 posts with more than 200 views.  And please – I am always looking for new ideas for posts, that’s the hardest part.   Either leave a comment or email me at ned (at) inspiringingenuity (dot) net.

So once again, thanks for reading.

Top 5 Posts of 2013

• Alteryx Mapping: US at Night
• Alteryx: Big Data and Current Events
• Alteryx: Dot Density Maps
• Alteryx: Interactive HTML Visualizations
• Alteryx: Reading XLSX Directly

And an honorable mention to the top non-Alteryx related post of the year:

• Teaching Kids How to Program

Recent Posts not included in any months in review:

• Raspberry Pi December 29, 2013
• Winter Outdoors in Boulder December 15, 2013
• New Ideas Needed November 21, 2013
• Alteryx: A Reusable NVD3 Macro
• Ender’s Game
• Greatest Generation Of Mountain Bikers

Previous Months in Review

• October 2013
• September 2013
• August 2013

The Month in Review is a round up of all the posts I have created in the last month as well as some links and small thoughts that came up during the month that were not big enough for posts of their own.  It will also serve as an index to the site. Continue reading →

The Month in Review is a round up of all the posts I have created in the last month as well as some links and small thoughts that came up during the month that were not big enough for posts of their own.  It will also serve as an index to the site. Continue reading →

In the spirit of DC Rainmaker, the month in review is an index to the posts from the previous month (he does it weekly, but monthly seems better for me.)  In addition will be links and small topics that have accumulated over the course of the month.

Alteryx Related

• Mapping: US at night:  A fun new way of presenting thematic information on a map.
• Reading XLSX Directly:  Demonstrates the power of Alteryx by bypassing the built in XLSX driver and reading the files directly.
• Ensuring Fields are in a Data Stream:  A tips & tricks type post for Alteryx users.
• Encrypting Data:  A novel way of encrypting data within Alteryx regardless of what backend DB it will be stored it.

Personal:

• Teaching Kids to Program:  Some autobiography of my learning how to program and exploration of teaching my kids.
• Teaching Kids to Program – Pong:  2nd in the series of teaching kids to program.  Gets into the specifics about Scratch.
• Zen of Road Biking:  A self indulgent post about how much cycling means to me.

Some Interesting Links and Small Thoughts

• Lenovo Chief Shares Bonus:  Even if this is just for PR, it is good PR.
• A Data Broker Offers a Peek Behind the Curtain:  Acxiom is going to allow people to see the data that is collected on them.  I’m not sure about this.  If the data is bad, the marketing is bad.  If the data is good, people might protest based on the creep factor.  Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
• Power Meter Buyers Guide:  Power meters are becoming a must for serious training on a bike.  DC Rainmaker as usual  does a nice job summing up the options.
• John Scalzi Won a Hugo:  Another non work related blog that I often read.  An excellent writer and a well deserved Hugo.
• Scratch 2.0 Download:  The 2.0 version has up until now only been a cloud service.  Now you can run it locally.

Thanks for reading,

ned.