Pam Gidwani

Tableau is all about helping people see and understand their data. And sometimes seeing and understanding data means creating not only insightful visualizations, but really stunning ones, too. The Viz as Art contest is all about showcasing those fun, unexpected, and beautiful ways you work your magic with Tableau—neither data nor questions required.

This week, Tableau customer fan favorite Dustin Smith takes us on a culinary tour (via viz) of the Seattle food scene. If you’re familiar with the Emerald City, you know that it’s nearly impossible to keep up with weekly openings of new restaurants, breweries, and food trucks. Lucky for you, we here in Tableau Conference land have come to your rescue to give you a guide to some favorite nosh pits of Tableau employees.

Countdown to the 2014 Tableau Conference keeps on rolling along. We’re just 8 weeks out and the conference planning team is hustling to get everything ready! If you haven't registered for the conference yet, you still have a chance to save $200 off the registration price—but only until July 23. Today we’re taking you outdoors on our quest to tell you everything we love about Seattle (and the Pacific Northwest). If you’ve been around town lately, you would have noticed the throngs of people flocking to bask in the sunshine, play in the water, and maybe a few more bicyclists out (riding for fun or commuting to and from work).

The Tableau Conference is coming home and Team Tableau is thrilled to welcome you to sunny (in the summer) Seattle! It’s hard to believe our first conference was seven years ago. Those of you who were around for it can remember our intimate gathering of fewer than a 150 data lovers getting introduced to this little company called Tableau and how we could work together to redefine the business intelligence landscape. Fast-forward seven years: we’ve crisscrossed the country and circled the globe; we took the Tableau Conference On Tour this year to Sydney, Munich, The Hague, and London, and now we’re coming home for the 2014 Tableau Conference. In just a couple months (starting September 8), we’ll welcome FIVE THOUSAND of our customers and partners, along with throngs of sponsors, and of course, freakishly friendly Tableau employees. To kick off this homecoming, we wanted to share with you what we love most about this beautiful city. We’ve grouped together some creative Tableau employees to build vizzes about their favorite aspects of Seattle, from coffee and craft beer (plentiful), to food (local), to hikes (picturesque), and more.