Website Owners, Check Your Mobile Stats!
As a tablet computer owner I am finding some sites difficult to use. Not because they use Flash (I have an Android tablet), but because they insist on forcing me to view the “mobile” version of their site. Some sites do offer the option to swithc to their “full” or “desktop” version, but often… read more »
Open Source and Web Analytics
Open Source software has been gaining momentum over the past several years – the big winner recently being the Android OS, which is popping up everywhere, from smart phones to the new tablet PCs that seem to be all the craze this year. It’s no surprise that open source web analytics solutions are now also… read more »
WAA Certification Announced
The Web Analytics Association (WAA) has announced its certification program (finally!). Certification applications will become available in April 2010, with exams starting sometime after that. Also computer based testing will be available starting in August 2010. I am really excited that the WAA certification program is finally becoming available. I’ve been debating about which certification… read more »
Documenting Your Processes
I have learned over the past 13 years of working on the web, that having a well documented process can be invaluable when working with a team. Now when you are the only person doing the work, you can establish your own set of processes and never need to write them down. However as soon… read more »
Does your Organization need a Full-Time Analyst?
Over the years as my career has developed I’ve watched as the organizations I’ve worked for make both brilliant and utterly stupid decisions. When my former employers first made the decision to purchase Omniture SiteCatalyst in 2005 the one piece of advice Omniture kept reiterating was “hire a full-time analyst”. In one of their utterly… read more »
Boulder Digital Works: Innovative Digital Media Curriculum
I just came across this really cool program at the University of Colorado for anyone into Digital Media, creatively named the Boulder Digital Works. The site was designed by Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, that now infamous advertising agency, that has an office in Boulder, Colorado. The program follows a 60 week (just over 1 year)… read more »
