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Luke and Ann are joined by Mark Jewett, VP of Product, Partner, and Community Marketing at Tableau Software. The three discuss how Tableau's strong user community drives the direction of the product. They then venture into discussing Tableau Blueprint, a new framework designed to help organizations be data-driven. They wrap with discussing how working with data is positioned in higher education and the upcoming Iron Viz contest.

In the first episode of 2019, Luke and Ann are joined by Alli Torban, host of Data Viz Today Podcast to discuss her journey into the world of data visualization. She shares key moments along the way and who two of her favorite podcast guests have been. The three discuss the variety of communities within data visualization and ways practitioners can break out of tool specific bubbles.

Luke and Ann are joined by Chris Love to talk about the community's tendency to create eye-catching visualizations that emphasize aesthetics over understanding. They debate the merits of complex visualization types like the Sankey diagram within a business context. The conversation is rounded out with the three wondering if more time should be spent on analyzing newly discovered or created data sets vs. proliferated or pre-curated data sets.

Luke and Ann are joined by Sarah Bartlett to talk about rising stars in the Tableau community. Sarah shares her plans for 2019, which include Iron Quest and a Dear Data project. The three also discuss diversity in the community.

Ann and Luke are joined by Ken Flerlage and Kevin Flerlage to talk about how they got started in the Tableau Community. Kevin shares what won him over, his favorite aspects of the community, and experiencing TC for the first time. Ken also shares how he got started and the value of contributing to the forums.

In this episode Luke and Ann talk about Tableau's annual visualization competition Iron Viz held at the conference. They're joined by two guests, 2016 and 2017 Iron Viz champions Curtis Harris and Tristan Guillevin. Expect a deep dive into why they participated, aspects of the judging process, and what each of them are working on.

Ann and Luke are back from the 2018 Tableau Conference and recapping their experiences. They touch on their favorite sessions, new features, and the evolution of Iron Viz.

In Episode 5 Luke and Ann invite Zen Master Mike Cisneros on to discuss expanding the Tableau community. Mike dives into the important of Follow Friday, the value of Tableau Public as a platform, and shares his passion for people.

In Episode 4 Luke and Ann invite Zen Master Adam McCann on to discuss attribution within the data visualization community. The ethics of using others' work is explored, including design, technique, and raw code.

In Episode 3 Luke and Ann talk about different places to get resources, how to build your skills, and places to find inspiration.

In Episode 2 Luke and Ann discuss attending 3 different conferences: Alteryx Inspire, Eyeo Festival, and MinneAnalytics Big Data Tech. They discuss what they learned, why they attended, attitudes in analytics, and general industry trends.

In Episode 1 Luke and Ann discuss the results of Tableau Public's first round Iron Viz feeder contest for 2018. They review the data visualization contest winners, discuss judging criteria, and critique their own submissions.