# Closing out 2021 & BIG changes for 2022

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-11-26
- **Format:** Video · 16 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Community, Industry trends
- **Tools:** Tableau (prep)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/closing-out-2021-big-changes-for-2022
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5iDAkE9WKg

I'm closing out 2021 with a talk-to-camera update about what's changing on the channel for 2022. I cover a planned Tableau 2021 review, a likely rename away from 'Tableau Tim', bringing on a second creator, my Tableau sketch notes data-literacy project, and why I'm stepping back from Twitter and LinkedIn to focus on YouTube and Discord.

## Key takeaways

- The channel name will likely change in 2022 because survey feedback showed appetite for Alteryx, Snowflake, AWS and tools beyond Tableau, and 'Tableau Tim' sends the wrong signal to those communities
- A second creator will be brought on to broaden coverage while keeping each video at the same production standard, rather than me playing jack of all trades
- My viral 'What is Tableau' explainer hit roughly 350,000 views, proving the sketch-notes narration format works, so I'm scaling it into a data-literacy resource that may become a free digital and physical product by 2024-2025
- I'm deliberately reducing activity on Twitter and LinkedIn, posting only the occasional update, because that time is hard to justify against home life and my core projects
- Discord is becoming my main community space because it's free for communities, supports screen sharing and live streams, and the members there already engaged with the content

## Chapters

- 0:00 Winding down the year
- 0:52 2022 plans and Tableau 21.4
- 1:48 Why the channel name will change
- 2:51 Bringing on a second creator
- 4:15 The Tableau sketch notes project
- 10:38 Stepping back from social platforms
- 12:39 Focusing on Discord
- 13:50 Closing thoughts

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/closing-out-2021-big-changes-for-2022

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