0:00Hey, it's Tim here. In this one, I'm just
0:02talking to the camera, nothing to share
0:03other than to close out the year on the
0:05channel.
0:06Yes, seems a bit odd closing out the year
0:08in November, end of November, but this is
0:11actually when I typically re-evaluate the
0:14channel.
0:14You might have even noticed things like my
0:15thumbnails have changed because yes, I
0:18actually review a lot of the stuff around
0:19the channel roundabout this time and then I
0:21change it for the year ahead roundabout
0:24this time.
0:25But I'm winding down for a couple of
0:27important reasons. It is nearly the year
0:29end. This time last year I wind down at
0:31this point because I had a son that
0:33welcomed into the family and in the next
0:36few weeks, fingers crossed, we're hoping
0:38for another arrival as well into the family
0:40.
0:40So we'll be five strong here in the Naguena
0:43family and we're super excited for that. So
0:45in essence, I need to be winding down for
0:47that because I need to be present and fully
0:50involved with all of that.
0:52Now, in terms of the channel itself, we're
0:54going into 2022 and we've got a couple of
0:56exciting things that we want to do. The
0:59first one is I'd love to do a review of
1:01Tableau 2021 in general.
1:04I'd love to review all the features that
1:05came up. So if you've got some thoughts
1:07about that, let me know what you think.
1:08There's also a bunch of content around 21.4
1:12. I'll make that as and when I can and then
1:14I'll put it out essentially.
1:16So that's obviously going to happen. It's
1:17hopefully going to come out in the next few
1:19weeks. I don't know when. So when it does
1:21come out, what you'll probably watch is
1:23something prerecorded using the prerelease.
1:26But I'll obviously have to validate that
1:27the features haven't changed. So what I
1:29tend to do if I do do some prerecording, I
1:32open up the actual release, double check
1:34things work the way they should be, check
1:36the release notes and the documentation.
1:38And if they work, I release the video and
1:40if they don't, I rerecord the video and
1:42talk about the bugs or whatever. So that
1:44will be sort of happening as and when 21.4
1:47comes out.
1:48Now in terms of the future of the channel,
1:50man, I don't want to sort of take this too
1:52seriously. But I think there's an important
1:55point here where we do need to change. The
1:57channel is called Tableau Tim.
1:59But when I did a survey asking, look what
2:01people would want to see going forward in
2:03terms of other software, all tricks came
2:05out top. But there's equally a lot of love
2:07for Snowflake and AWS as well in some other
2:10respects.
2:11And then obviously the other technologies
2:12around that with things like five train as
2:14well. So I'm just in some in terms of the
2:16survey ran on LinkedIn and YouTube, I'll
2:18put these up on screen.
2:20It was really interesting to see the
2:21outcome of that. Okay. So in order to cover
2:23those, I can't just have the channel called
2:25Tableau Tim because that would, in essence,
2:27send the wrong message to those communities
2:29if they joined.
2:30But also, Tableau Tim is me, that's sort of
2:32my identity. And we can kind of stop being
2:35narcissistic on this channel and find a
2:36better name that's more encompassing for
2:38the kind of content and the community that
2:39I'm trying to foster.
2:41So I think the channel name will probably
2:43change at some point next year. So look out
2:45for that, look out for that when it happens
2:48. The other thing is, it might not just be
2:50me on the channel.
2:52To keep making content at the level that I
2:54make it and to keep sort of, I take a lot
2:56of pride in that, take a lot of pride in
2:58making it at that level. I don't need to
3:00make it at that level.
3:02I could equally make content using a lot
3:04lower sort of resources and, you know,
3:07capability. But I just enjoy doing it the
3:09way I do it. And that's sort of part of my
3:12identity.
3:13So I'm going to keep doing that. But what I
3:15do want to do is bring someone onto the
3:17channel as well to help make other content.
3:20Because I'm not an expert at everything.
3:22Essentially, I learned from other people.
3:24And if I just continue to sit here and make
3:26videos about everything, you'll think that
3:29I'm a jack of all trades and the master of
3:31none. I'm Tableau Tim, I think I know Table
3:32au the best.
3:32So it might make sense to bring other
3:33people to make some of the other videos on
3:35the channel. So I'm not going to say who
3:37that is, or when or whatever. When they are
3:40ready to make content on the channel, they
3:42'll make content on the channel, and you'll
3:44see it.
3:45By that point, the name of the channel
3:46probably will have changed. So be sure to
3:48look out for that. And I think it's going
3:50to be a really interesting transition
3:52because what it should mean for you is we
3:54'll be able to cover more topics and more
3:56content all at the same time,
3:59while still giving each and every bit of
4:01content the same focus that it has today,
4:03because we'll have two people making
4:06content, spending the same amount of time
4:08focusing on that content and hopefully to
4:10the same standard as well that you've been
4:12used to as well.
4:13So that's, that's something I'm really
4:15excited about. The very final thing is
4:17something that I call Tableau sketch notes.
4:20Now, two years ago, I made this explainer
4:21about what is Tableau. And when I released
4:23it, it went viral very quickly and it hit
4:252000 views and sort of got forgotten about.
4:29And what happens is, though, the YouTube
4:31sort of looks at the performance of videos
4:33and just starts sharing the video out to
4:35people when they search for content and
4:37then Google does the same thing. And today
4:40we've arrived at 350 views, okay, not 350
4:43views 350,000 views, I should say.
4:47So, that format worked really, really well,
4:49I noticed that roughly six months into the
4:52sort of analytics of the channel. And so I
4:55synthesize what I could from that I synthes
4:57ize what people liked from that I took the
5:00comments and feedback, and I put it into
5:03another video explainer about Tableau prep,
5:05exactly the same format, exactly the same
5:07narration.
5:08Those are animated, edited, and done
5:10entirely by me, I do the whole entire thing
5:12I, I write the script, I edit them, I narr
5:14ate them, and then I put them on screen,
5:16that is an entirely end to end process done
5:18by me check out the blog post, I'll try and
5:21put it up on the screen.
5:23It's actually over here, not there, I can't
5:25get my bearings right. But nonetheless, I
5:28put up on screen, that is an entirely
5:30intensive process. Those 10 minute videos
5:33take about a week, I'm talking like seven
5:36proper working days to make the first one
5:38took a lot longer because of course, I was
5:41a new technique, I wasn't used to it.
5:42And they're still not great. They don't use
5:44proper animation skills. But the format
5:46works really, really well. And so what I've
5:48been thinking of doing is taking that
5:50format to the next level. What if next year
5:53, I made slightly less content that you're
5:55used to.
5:56So some of the stuff I make throughout the
5:58year, maybe on specific angles or specific
6:00features. And I focused in on that specific
6:03technique. And more importantly, I helped
6:05with this initiative around data literacy.
6:08So not just showing you how to do things in
6:10Tableau, but adding the data literacy
6:13elements. That's what those sort of Tableau
6:15sketch notes do already, they bring you
6:17into the world of Tableau without shoving
6:19Tableau in your face and explaining
6:21concepts to you in a very neutral way.
6:23Now I've also had the opportunity to work
6:25on that format. In other places, I've
6:28actually worked alongside Tableau, making a
6:30series of videos that they've called
6:33picture this essentially was around COVID
6:35talking about different areas of this
6:38particular, you know, pandemic and how data
6:42has been used to sort of turn it around.
6:43So you can go check that out on the COVID-
6:4419 data hub, a few of them are on YouTube, I
6:46'll put them up in the description as well.
6:48But you can also go check them out on the
6:50Tableau website. I've really enjoyed making
6:52those. And the most prominent one was
6:53probably the do no harm guide, I actually
6:56had a lot of fun working with Tableau to
6:58make that I just, you know, brought it to
7:00life, I didn't sort of write the do no harm
7:02guide, but it was amazing to be part of
7:04that project. Really, really enjoyed it.
7:06So I've really sort of enjoyed getting this
7:08sort of really interesting narration and
7:10you know, storytelling format. And I think
7:13it works. I think it could work even better
7:16if it's given the focus and time.
7:18So that's why I've termed it Tableau sketch
7:19notes, because in many ways, I'm taking
7:21what I think is a sketch note in technique,
7:23and I'm turning it into videos. But what I
7:25'd love to do is turn it back into a static
7:28format to taking the video format that I've
7:31made, and turning into a static format,
7:33which would then make it a fantastic
7:35resource for the community to go and learn
7:37topics in pretty much any aspect of
7:39analytics, not just Tableau. So concepts,
7:43for example, concepts like joins and unions
7:45, all those kinds of things, things that
7:47have been explained multiple times.
7:49But I think we can put a really nice spin
7:50to it with this particular format. So I'm
7:53calling it Tableau sketch notes, you'll see
7:55a lot more about it on the channel, you'll
7:57see me mention it multiple times, I haven't
7:59got anything to show right now, because
8:01everything is pretty much just a script.
8:03And, you know, a template as it were, where
8:06I sort of see this going, is that I hope to
8:09see this appear as a couple of things, I'd
8:12love it to go from video to a static format
8:15, a web page, some sort of resource that you
8:18could sort of use.
8:20And then I'd love it to go from that into a
8:22physical thing, something in your hand, not
8:25a book, I'm not a fan of books, because I
8:27don't think they're accessible. That's just
8:30my opinion, you might have a different one.
8:33But the majority of people that watch my
8:33videos are in countries that just don't
8:34have the economic models to support
8:37something like a book, especially once you
8:39factor in the fees and terms that you know,
8:41everyone who gets involved in publishing
8:43needs to put into them to make them a
8:44success.
8:45So books would be a good mechanism to do it
8:47. But I think I have to sort of make it far
8:49more accessible than that. So you might
8:51have something that ends up being like a
8:53book, but I'm not going to sort of do it in
8:55the traditional way, if that makes sense,
8:58it might be something that's maybe free to
9:00the community as an, you know, a digital
9:03edition or something like that.
9:04And then something that then comes out as
9:06more static sort of substantial thing that
9:08will come out in a different format,
9:10something that can be shared something that
9:12can be enjoyed by a group of people because
9:14learning is also not sometimes a personal
9:16thing. Sometimes learning is a social thing
9:19.
9:19And I'd love this resource to be exactly
9:21that something that you can maybe use in a
9:23classroom context, if you're a teacher,
9:25maybe use in office context, if you're a
9:28mentor to someone and you know that in an
9:30analytics context, maybe your organization
9:32training up your staff, and you want some
9:34resources to help do that.
9:36This would hopefully be a great resource
9:46for that. So I'm super excited about it. If
9:50we're talking about when to expect to see
9:50this, like if this if everything works out,
9:51this will probably land at some point in
9:51like 2024 2025.
9:52Like we're talking a really long timeframe,
9:54the videos will come out starting next year
9:56, absolutely. But the final the final
9:59tangible thing, the thing that I have in my
10:01vision right now is 2024 2025, that kind of
10:04timeframe. So you'll see lots of small bits
10:08build up on the channel, you'll see new
10:10websites that I'll start talking about as
10:12well.
10:13The separate to Tableau Tim, and you'll
10:15also maybe see new people here on the
10:16channel helping make that a reality. So
10:19that's me talking about the change that's
10:21coming. I think I really do need the help
10:23to kind of take this to the next level.
10:26But as when I start to sort of call out on
10:27the community to sort of help with that
10:29project, you'll know about it first,
10:31obviously. And yeah, in other places where
10:33I am things like Twitter and so on and so
10:36forth, you'll also see that.
10:38The very last thing is, I think I need to
10:40sort of tone down on social platforms. And
10:43I don't mean that in a negative way. I just
10:46think that there is so much.
10:50So my video cut out. But anyway, the time I
10:52spend on social platforms is probably some
10:54of the hardest time I sort of find
10:56justifying. So the platform I'm thinking of
10:58here is Twitter, obviously, YouTube is a
11:00social platform.
11:02So, of course, I spend a lot of time on
11:04YouTube, because that's where the content
11:06goes. But in terms of other places I spend
11:08my time on LinkedIn and Twitter, you might
11:11see me be less.
11:13What's the word? You might see me post less
11:17on those platforms, okay, you might see me
11:19be less active, you might see me not rep
11:20lying to messages, not spending time because
11:22I think what I need to do to make time for
11:24the things that matter back here at home,
11:27but also in my professional life, and also
11:29with some of these projects I need to do is
11:31to spend less time on those platforms and
11:33more time working on these things really
11:34focus on these things that I want to do.
11:37So that will mean that my Twitter profile
11:39will probably become more of a bot profile,
11:41because I will typically only maybe
11:44announce a video once a week rather than
11:46announcing every video, I'll probably only
11:48announce the odd one here and there.
11:50And on LinkedIn, rather than announce every
11:52video, I'll probably only announce the odd
11:53one here and there. And I'll probably
11:55announce more of the things I want you to
11:57sort of engage with things like Tableau
11:59sketch notes and other stuff as well, when
12:02they are available and ready,
12:03because I kind of think I don't want to
12:04contribute to the noise that sometimes
12:06generated on these platforms. Sometimes we
12:08get into this sort of hype fest where we
12:10have to be on these things every single day
12:12, data fan this data fan that and I think I
12:16think I'm falling into that trap a little
12:17bit.
12:18So I'm going to sort of step back from it,
12:20recede a little bit, let other people step
12:22up to the platform as well. There's so many
12:24other people making great content, there's
12:27just not enough time to keep up with it.
12:28So whilst I focus on the things I need to,
12:30I think you're going to see less of me on
12:31those platforms. But here on YouTube, you
12:33'll continue to see everything. So if you
12:35want to know the latest and greatest,
12:38subscribe.
12:39The other place you'll see me a lot is in
12:40my Discord. Yes, I have a Discord channel,
12:43I have 100 members. And I'm going to spend
12:45more time there because the people that
12:47come there, essentially have engaged with
12:49the channel in some way or form.
12:51Interestingly, I don't sort of generally
12:53advertise a Discord,
12:55the people who've got there have either
12:56made it to the end of some content and
12:58found the link or read the description and
13:00found it there. And they also know what it
13:01is. So they've gone and joined it.
13:04I need to sort of start building that
13:06community and cultivating that community as
13:08well. So I'm going to switch my focus to
13:10really serving the people in that community
13:13as best as I can and using a bit of help to
13:15do that as well.
13:17So if you want to sort of keep interacting
13:18with me in a more sort of, you know,
13:20interesting way, the comments on YouTube
13:22are going to be one of the best places but
13:24then probably the other best place will be
13:26Discord.
13:27And with Twitter and LinkedIn, I'm just
13:29going to tone it down because I just don't
13:31think they are offering me any value at the
13:33moment for the things I want to work on and
13:36focus on. I think I know what I want to do.
13:39And those platforms really sort of designed
13:41to sort of distract you if that makes sense
13:43. So to some people that will sound crazy.
13:46But for me, I think that's the really
13:47important thing to do. So that's what I'm
13:49going to do.
13:50So that's me closing out the year. That's
13:52me sort of setting the boundaries of what I
13:54want to work on and the changes coming up.
13:57I think it's fair to do this because it's
13:58super important, I think, to really value
14:00your audience.
14:02So if you have some opinions on that, let
14:04me know in the comments below. If you're
14:06excited, let me know in the comments below.
14:09If you want a sneak peek, let me know in
14:10the comments below.
14:12And I will from time to time reply to
14:13people and sort of bring them in some way
14:15or form and ask them if they'd like to sort
14:17of take part. Maybe I'll put a link to some
14:20sort of sign up form so you can kind of get
14:22a sneak peek of some of the stuff I'm
14:23working on.
14:25But in the Discord channel, this stuff will
14:26always be there. So I've already posted a
14:28few sneak peeks in there as well. So if you
14:30don't know what Discord is, I encourage you
14:32to just to try it, Google it. Think of it
14:34as Slack but far less formal.
14:37Slack is like the professional Discord, if
14:39that makes sense. Discord is a very sort of
14:41unique platform. It's actually designed by
14:45gamers. Slack was also designed by gamers,
14:47interestingly.
14:49They both have channels, they both have
14:51sort of groups and stuff like that. In fact
14:53, some of the features in Slack, like hudd
14:55les, have been copied from Discord.
14:58So I'm using Discord because it's free for
15:00communities, it's a great place to go, it
15:02has a bunch of features like screen sharing
15:05that Slack just doesn't have.
15:07And it can also support really large groups
15:09of people, right from two people getting on
15:12a screen share to do something, all the way
15:14to big groups of people.
15:16And it can even do things like live streams
15:17internally in the platform. So whilst
15:19things are hyped down, that's where I'm
15:21going to spend more time helping people.
15:23And if you head on in there, you'll find me
15:25sort of quite active as well. So that's me.
15:29I'll see you in 2022. Thanks for watching.
15:32(bouncy hip hop music)
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