The Data Analyst in America, 2026
The profession, its work, education, tools, organizational role, and changing value in the age of AI
Ann Jackson
Hi, I'm Ann. I ask more questions than most people find comfortable, because I care enough to actually want the answer.
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The American Office Worker's Relationship with Technology
ChatGPT spent 14 minutes crafting this memo on what a typical American worker's relationship with technology looks like. Decide for yourself if it matches up with reality.
The Next Iteration: More on Tableau Workbook XML and AI
a follow-up on XML hacking Tableau workbooks, using open source solutions
XML Hacking Tableau Workbooks with Claude
What 4 hours with Claude and a Tableau workbook gets you
The Ever Evolving Cat Dashboard, now Open Source
an open source dashboard project to track cat feeding habits anywhere
Your Data is Your Most Defensible Moat
a close reading of the scene you're being sold
Book Reflection: The Scout Mindset
Reflections on The Scout Mindset
Annotations on the Workplace
A quick note on Adam Grant’s NYT essay about RTO mandates, ego, and the design of work
Self-Service Analytics, According to Anthropic
An AI company mapped the path to agentic self-service analytics; 79% of it is human judgment
The State of Analytics, as Told by the 2026 Tableau Conference
Welcome back to yet another installment of “Ann’s takeaways and observations” from Tableau’s annual conference.
Book Reflection: Loserthink
Reflections on Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America
Book Reflection: When Things Fall Apart
Reflections on When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
AI in Public | November 12-13, 2025 (Part 2)
Reflections on the conversation with Claude that stopped me in my tracks.
AI in Public | November 12-13, 2025 (Part 1)
The conversation with Claude that stopped me in my tracks.
AI in Public | November 3, 2025
What makes an AI a good collaborator?
AI in Public | October 31, 2025
When do you most notice your own biases while using AI?
AI in Public | October 30, 2025
When is precision overrated?
AI in Public | October 29, 2025
What’s one small decision that changed more than you expected?
AI in Public | October 28, 2025
What would it mean for an AI to disagree well?
AI in Public | October 27, 2025
What kind of ideas do you tend to trust right away?