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The Antares Alien
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The Antares Alien
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Blarg! Here, I write about Power BI stuff in a fun and unique way. I also occasionally write about video game development. Thanks for checking out my blog!
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Brent Jones
Jul 18, 2019
How to Remove the Header Info on Power BI Widgets
If you are like me, maybe you've wondered (and possibly been a little annoyed) how to remove the small pop-up menus that appear on each
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Brent Jones
Jan 20, 2019
Easily Make Your Own Custom Visuals With Charticulator!
Have you ever wondered how you can get that cool circular, spikey, donut-esque looking chart that's being featured on PowerBi.com?
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Brent Jones
Dec 12, 2018
What Kind of Video Game does the World Like to Buy?
I recently got my hands on a great data set related to video games sales worldwide. Not only does it includes sales data, but also genre, Me
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Brent Jones
Nov 27, 2018
Does the 80/20 Rule Appear in Car Sales? A Power BI Analysis
I always here about the 80/20 rule in theory but I've never actually gone out and tried to find it myself. So I decided to test it out w
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Brent Jones
Nov 6, 2018
Improve Your Data Visuals: Stock Prices and Midterm Elections
Let's take a look at some real world data visualization examples and see how we can improve upon them with storytelling techniques. This
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Brent Jones
Oct 3, 2018
MicroStrategy vs Power BI (Report builder tools for desktop)
In this article, I'll go over the pros and cons of Power BI and MicroStrategy's report builder tools.
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Brent Jones
Oct 1, 2018
Analyze Your Business's Facebook Page with Power BI
Power BI comes with a Facebook connector that allows you to analyze any Facebook page's posts and comments - your business's page as
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Brent Jones
Sep 25, 2018
Best Book to Learn Data Visualization
In this blog, I'll attempt to use some of the major principles in Cole Knaflic's book "Storytelling With Data" to create i
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Brent Jones
Sep 20, 2018
5 Important Steps to Tell a Story with your Data
Data visualization isn't easy. Many times, it just ends with a quick Excel graph and maybe some explanatory text. As a result, the consu
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Brent Jones
Sep 6, 2018
Power BI: Visual of the Week - WordCloud
Analyzing the NASA Facebook page comments In this blog, I'd like to go over the WordCloud custom visual. It's great for showing cate
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Brent Jones
Sep 4, 2018
Dashboard Design Tips: Learning from the Google Trends Dashboard
Read about how to create a simplistic dashboard like Google Trends with Power BI.
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Brent Jones
Aug 20, 2018
Power BI: Building a Digital Nomad Dashboard
Read about how to make a Power BI dashboard to help you make a decision on the best countries to visit for a Digital Nomad Excursion!
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Brent Jones
Aug 17, 2018
Power BI: Visual of the Week - Bubble Chart
Create an exciting report and a custom feel with a custom visual in Power BI! Let's take a look at the Bubble chart by Akvelon.
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