How Using Crutches Can Lead to Web Usability Insights

This post was made Mar 23, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


I recently had surgery to remove a “floating” bone fragment from my Talus bone in my ankle.  Once removed the goal is to have the blood cells re-grow bone tissue to fill the gap area.  Thus my doctor ordered me to stay off my foot for 6 weeks.  So my options were crutches, or one of those fabulous new inventions – the knee scooter.  I’m a fairly athletic and still young guy, so I chose ...

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Web Analytics In One Minute

This post was made Feb 25, 2010 by Carlos del Rio


Jeff and I are taking on a new challenge. Answering questions about web analytics in videos--very short videos. A couple weeks ago we each showed up at a Hops and Chops in Seattle with some questions in our pockets. Each of us had 1-minute to answer each of the questions. The resulting channel: Web Analytics in a Minute. If Carlos Only Had One Web Metric...

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Free Web Analytics tools

This post was made Feb 16, 2010 by Jeff Noethen


There are many tools you can use for analysis that you don’t have to buy that will help you become a better analyst.  I don't necessarily mean data compilers (other than your head), but rather just using your skills and the skills of some of your peers to help improve your analysis and insight to your company. For usability review [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="220" caption="Image credit: http://www.simpleusability.com/services/usability/testing "] [/caption] If part of ...

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The Carlos and Jeff In Video

This post was made Nov 05, 2009 by Carlos del Rio


I want to share some of the interviews that Jeff and I have done this year. You can find Jeff about two-minutes into this video. Also checkout Internmatch, the people who made the video. I give some tips on engaging social media. I totally "borrowed" the 60 30 10 rule from ...

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Data Driven Decisions

This post was made Jul 02, 2009 by Carlos del Rio


credit: fotographix.ca There is a new video series brought to you by the Google Analytics people Avinash Kaushik & Nick Mihailovski. The first entry is about Advanced Segmentation and subsequent additions can be found here: google.com/analytics/ddd. Here is an excerpt from the book about turning qualitative behaviors into metrics: Let’s revisit some ...

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