September 2007
31 posts
Theft Really Sucks
A few weeks ago my car window was bashed in during the middle of the night parked in front of my house and my stereo and sunglasses were stolen. Beyond it just being annoying that it’s against the law and to have your stuff stolen, I also had to spend time and money to get the window replaced and get a new stereo.
Then today our other car was left unlocked outside for a little while in front...
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It’s Going To Be a Boy!
While I love the fact that my wife and I have already been so lucky to have two wonderful girls, we found out today that we’ll be having a boy sometime this February. While I would have been very happy with another girl as well, it’s going to be a great experience to raise a boy and have a son. My wife and our girls seem very excited, but let’s just hope he’s not as much of a web nerd as I am.
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Wow, the Facebook Valuation is Getting Crazy
Yes, like everyone else I think Facebook is a well-done and valuable internet property. They’ve executed really well, managed to steal the thunder from Myspace, and are the darling of Silicon Valley.
But until they prove they can monetize their audience in a very powerful manner, how is a $10-$15 billion valuation justified even in these bubbly times?
While it wouldn’t surprise me, it’d really...
The Right Media Open Starts Coming Together
At a previous job I was in charge of the ecommerce and content properties and web analytics was one of my big areas of focus. Our primary analytics provider was WebsideStory (now called Visual Sciences), and each year they held a user conference where customers of their product got together with the staff at WebsideStory to learn, share, network, and have fun. It was an event I enjoyed a great...
Microsoft Gatineau Screenshots Surface
Lo and behold, screenshots of Microsoft’s upcoming web analytics application Gatineau are surfacing on the web along with an interview with Microsoft’s Ian Thomas about the application.
Following on the footsteps of Google Analytics, we have another large player with what looks to be a powerful and free web analytics application. It looks like it will have a heavy focus on ecommerce and...
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Full RSS Feeds Please!
Over the last year as I’ve used a Blackberry at work and iPhone for personal use I realized I mostly do my RSS feed reading on my phones now while traveling. What this has primarily done, is taught me that the mobile web is going to become increasingly important in the future. I know, that wasn’t really that unique of a revelation. Perhaps a minor but more actionable revelation is that summary...
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The Online Advertising Plot Thickens: Yahoo! Buys...
My employer announced today that we’ve bought Blue Lithium, one of the top five ad networks in the USA and the 2nd largest network in the UK. This is exciting for a couple of reasons: 1. Allows one of the largest ad networks in the world to begin buying and integrating with the Right Media Exchange providing more demand and publisher supply. Adding Yahoo!’s inventory and advertiser demand to that...