Author: spierzchala

If you are a Performance and Measurement geek like I am, this looks to be a new and possibly interesting organization — Apdex
Scott Haugdahl of WildPackets gives us his thoughts about it. [WildPackets is one of the charter members of Apdex]
Pete Sevcik is interviewed about it here. Peter’s paper is published in the Business Communication Review and CIO Today (complete with a call for folks to join the organization). [here]

Shel Israel nails one quarter of my life in this post.

The infamous Damnation Hound (50% Dalmation; 50% Basset Hooooooouuuuunnnnd!) is very demanding, and appears to have the smallest bladder in the known universe. This gives her the opportunity to drag me off my sorry butt at 3 times a night and 4-5 times of weekends for a trot around the neighbourhood.

So, how would you react to a Damnation Hound? Most people laugh; that’s what the ZenWife did when she saw her at Buddy Dog in Sudbury. But she is a great conversation starter!

I miss the beaches on the West Coast; Revere Beach just isn’t the same as the wild and untamed surf at San Gregorio Beach. Maybe the Damnation Hound and I will play on that beach again some day.

Mr. Scoble and Mr. Winer:
Thank you for helping to load test my server.

Wow! Cool!

NetIQ sold off WebTrends to Francisco Partners. [here]
I always wondered about the NetIQ deal, so it’s nice to see WebTrends on it’s own again…but it is now going up against Google.
More on the deals here and here
More from SVW here.
John Battelle With more comments on Web Analytics Shake-Up 2005. [here]
Andrew Goodman has a great Urchin/Google Round-Up. [here]

Ouch. I thought this one was worthy of some analysis. Google acquire Urchin. [and here]
Why does this make sense? As one of the comments to the link above states, the link between search algorithms makes some sense, as you will be able quickly isolate and identify trends within the reams of visitor data that is collected daily.
This makes linking business performance and visitor traffic that much easier for large enterprise firms. If they can link visitor traffic quickly to revenue and cost data with a simple and powerful search tool, the sale becomes that much easier.
I am working on a project to re-define Web performance benchmarks, and this type of tool would be crucial in that process. Web Benchmarking as it is currently stands is broken and outdated. Attempts are being made on all sides to try and re-define how businesses measure and benchmark their Web performance so that it can fit into a larger business context.
Is a faster site more profitable? Or simply more costly? Does increased traffic improve or reduce revenue?
A tool that allow companies to quickly link performance and analytics data gets firms that much closer to a holistic view of Web performance.

Distance between Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, as the crow flies:
2506 miles (4033 km) (2178 nautical miles)
Initial heading from Marlborough to Victoria:
west-northwest (298.2 degrees)
Initial heading from Victoria to Marlborough:
east (80.0 degrees)

Care of Indio and Tim Yang

As a follow-up to my post commenting on Peter Davidson’s post…
Peter takes yet another swing at Daimler/Chrysler’s boneheaded marketing department. [here]
GIVE ME MY SMART CAR!

Interesting posting on this topic here.
I vote for cubes. I prefer to have some space to call my own, especially for the 10 hours a day I spend there.