Anything work related. Code, Sitecatalyst, analytics.
Chris Berry has a great post on his Eyes on Web Analytics blog titled, Aspiration, Temporal Analytics and Shower Curtains. Chris is discussing the challenge of measuring aspiration and why most of us don’t do it. I think it can be measured and analyzed but first you have to be …
I am typing this at 2:30 in the morning on day 2 of usability testing. Basically wee have a bunch of people on the other side of the planet testing a website while we monitor their progress through a variety of technologies. Matt is sleeping on a beanbag. Poor guy …
Business Week has an article about letting users of social networks rate advertising through the use of things like StumbleUpon. While social networks is a great way to reach a segmented audience there are a hitch that I think have not been addressed. There have been countless ads for products …
My colleague Geoff Sowrey wrote what I think is a brilliant open letter to Jim Prentice. In fact he inspired me to write one of my own as well. If you don’t know who Jim Prentice is you can start here. If you don’t know what is going on then …
There are many things that one needs to explain to clients when discussing the implementation of a metrics plan. I think all of these presentations should start with “WE DON’T GUESS” This is incredibly important to state. We may infer, suggest and suppose, but we do not guess. All of …
Two of the worlds leading experts, Avinash Kaushik and Eric Peterson have been having a long term discussion on whether analytics is easy or hard. Am I going to answer the question once and for all. It is both. Now you might be wondering how I can claim to know …
Five years ago I tried to start a business with a former co-worker and friend. The idea was to create an online dating website for Ukrainians. They are the 3rd largest ethnic group in Canada. I designed the site and built the front end, Roman did the paperwork and Chris …
Avinash Kaushik just recently launched, or was part of a launch of a product called 4Q. Basically it is permissions based surveying that asks four questions. Surveying is a great way to find out what your users are thinking, because you get the information straight from the horses mouth so …