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Power BI has a Jurassic Park problem
Just because you CAN do something, it doesn't mean you SHOULD.
Feb 27
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Joe Travers
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Power BI has a Jurassic Park problem
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January 2024
4 Alternatives to Bar Charts in Power BI
Don’t you hate how whenever you buy something online, you see algorithm ads for days/weeks/months afterwards for that same product? It’s like that big…
Jan 30
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Joe Travers
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4 Alternatives to Bar Charts in Power BI
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December 2023
A Power BI Holiday Music Dashboard!
Happy holidays! I’ve been playing with Power BI and Spotify music player embeds the last little bit to see if I could get music embeds to show up in an…
Dec 19, 2023
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Joe Travers
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A Power BI Holiday Music Dashboard!
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Five ADVANCED ways to make your Power BI Bar Charts AMAZING!
We’re going to talk more about bar charts everyone. Contain your excitement. Okay… okay… let that excitement OUT! We’re talking about BAR CHARTS, after…
Dec 12, 2023
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Five ADVANCED ways to make your Power BI Bar Charts AMAZING!
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November 2023
Five ESSENTIAL ways to make your Bar Charts the best in Power BI.
Who fell asleep when they saw that this edition of People-Friendly Power BI was about Bar Charts? You can admit it, I won’t think less of you. Bar…
Nov 14, 2023
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Five ESSENTIAL ways to make your Bar Charts the best in Power BI.
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October 2023
Yes, you can tell narrative data stories with dashboards!
People-Friendly Power BI is back after summer holidays, and we’re back with opinions on helping communicate data better! Today we’re going to talk about…
Oct 3, 2023
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Yes, you can tell narrative data stories with dashboards!
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April 2023
Put the People in your data First.
Hey everyone, We have a bit of a departure for this issue of People-Friendly Power BI. While we always talk about how to make Power BI easier to use for…
Apr 28, 2023
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Put the People in your data First.
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March 2023
How to design in Power BI (and anything else) like a freakin' rockstar.
Power Chords! Power Ballads! Power BI! Dashboards should be things people love, not put up with. Bring more People Power to your Power BI. Hey you…
Mar 10, 2023
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How to design in Power BI (and anything else) like a freakin' rockstar.
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January 2023
6 reasons why you should not use external Power BI visuals
Hey everyone! Happy 2023! Here’s my daughter from our trip to British Columbia last summer, looking not-to-pleased in a double-kayak: You’d think she’d…
Jan 25, 2023
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6 reasons why you should not use external Power BI visuals
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December 2022
Tough Love: Microsoft makes Power BI dashboards awful and difficult on mobile. These are the facts.
Hey there. My daughter and I have been watching the Star Wars TV series Andor recently, and it has got me thinking about story-centric design. Andor…
Dec 14, 2022
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Tough Love: Microsoft makes Power BI dashboards awful and difficult on mobile. These are the facts.
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November 2022
Why I used to hate Power BI and how that has made me a better teacher.
Hey there, I’m in New Orleans this week at the American Evaluation Society conference. I’m mainly here to teach a Power BI Crash Course workshop to…
Nov 9, 2022
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Why I used to hate Power BI and how that has made me a better teacher.
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October 2022
Dashboards: Hot, Desirable, and a Useless Mess?
Most dashboards are hot, desirable, and in demand. They're also a total useless mess.
Oct 11, 2022
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