A VIZ APART

Or, maybe you prefer to hear how I describe myself. That can be revealing.

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My most recently updated social media bio (Bluesky) says: 

Teacher, speaker, author, spy. Data storyteller @ storytelling with data. Trivia host @ Not Rocket Science. Co-author of the Ruby Marks Adventures. Tableau Visionary @ the before times. CisnerosM on LearnedLeague. I'm a winter.
 

On the other hand, my written-in-the-third-person corporate bio says: 

Mike encourages people around the world to tell their own personal, social, and cultural data-driven stories. He is an award-winning designer, author, and two-time Tableau Visionary who has spent more than 25 years working in environments ranging from entertainment to the federal government, from academic publishing to energy retailing, from internet startups to multi-billion-dollar conglomerates. He notes a common struggle: communicating simply, clearly, and intentionally. Today, Mike teaches others how to take their complicated analyses and turn them into convincing, clear visual messages so that everyone can learn how their story can best be told, heard, and understood.

 

And my LinkedIn page says:

I show people how data can make their communications more effective—and how better communications will make their data make a difference.

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While none of these are false, they're also incomplete, in and of themselves and in combination. The full truth, as always, requires additional context that isn't present in the current dataset. 

 

But I hope all this information is directionally accurate enough for you get get a sense of who I am, enough for your level of curiosity and interest, at least.

 

Thanks for visiting.