Archive for Archive for April, 2008

Woopra - Freaking Great Site Analytics

When Woopra says it’s "The World’s most comprehensive, information rich, easy to use, real-time Web tracking and analysis application" it’s completely right!
I’m sooooo excited about this one!
I admit, I got my site approvals last night for beta testing and wondered what on earth Woopra is and what I had signed for. I had totally [...]

Posted by: Andy on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

NewEgg, please ship better!

WalMart, Dell, and NewEgg have been accused of irresponsible shipping practices. Shipping small items in large boxes or multiple small items in multiple containers would certainly count as irresponsible.
I order a lot of parts online. I have a couple of favorite suppliers. NewEgg.com is normally pretty good. I ordered a 20 - 24 pin [...]

Posted by: Andy on Monday, April 28th, 2008

Verizon and a complete waste of time and paper

I went out for a walk today and came back to find the Yellow pages sitting on the apartment porch.
Who uses the Yellow Pages?!
Seriously. I don’t remember when the last time I had to look up a phone number in a phone book was - people or businesses. I think I’ve gotten to [...]

Posted by: Andy on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

How do you protect your iPhone?

So, I admit it - I’ve thought about getting an iPhone. As much as I enjoy not having a cell phone and being accessible only when I want/need to be.
I’m finding it would be nice to be able to make calls, check email, send and receive text messages etc. I don’t suppose I’d have to [...]

Posted by: Andy on Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Keyword search and the evolving web

TechCrunch posted an article on “Is Keyword Search About to Hit It’s Breaking Point?”. It’s sosmething I’ve been thinking about for a while and this really brought a few things to light for me.
It was only a matter of time before traditional search engines couldn’t cope with the massive amount of data that is [...]

Posted by: Andy on Saturday, April 26th, 2008