Analytics Camp was great!

http://bit.ly/Analytics_Camp - thanks to UNC-CH Flagler School of business and Nathan Gilliatt for an excellent Saturday of Analytics (mostly web analytics and BI).

Life is good

Too many things to be thankful for to list.  God, family, co-workers & friends, and yet-to-be discovered friends.

Keans and Morisses at Smithsonian

WSJ.com - Instant Messaging Invades the Office - WSJ.com

Also, chcck out pidgin.com for multi-IM client

Instant Messaging Invades the Office - WSJ.com

Various log entries

Trip to Ocracoke and Ocean Lakes, SC, and of course the suburbs of Hendersonville, NC. Golf at Salem Glen, and critical mass of LinkedIn.com .

Keep an eye on: http://www.carlislecollection.com/index.php

Excellent Usability Analysis of Shopping Sites: Kicking The Tires On Shopping Search, Part Two: The Independents

Kicking The Tires On Shopping Search, Part Two: The Independents

New music website - http://www.dizzler.com and new Inc Analytics article

Check out Dizzler.com and a new analytics article in Inc magazine.

Rainy Day in Mayberry and RavenKnob NC

Went to RavenKnob for a little while, but got rained out of fishin'. Yesterday a scouting training session in Fleetwood (near Todd, NC) was very good. BALOO training

new Henry Rollins DVDs & Joseph Mitchell book

caught the first season of the Henry Rollins show last night (thanks Jerry) and enjoyed it nearly as much as his spoken word CDs. Though no one can agree with everything Henry says, even Henry, the energy and attitude is refreshing in this day and age.

and Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell. and Rick Bragg's Ava's Man .

First mobile moblog entry

book0 : up in the old hotel by Joseph Mitchell - excellent

My current favorite blogs

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/
and
http://webanalysis.blogspot.com/

i got those from going to eMetrics last oct.

really cool ones for people in my situation are:
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/
and
http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/

Hello World

What took me so long you may ask ... well, living. This is a blog to help document my (humble) interests, and for linking to other sites/blogs that are relevent.

Topics will include:

Great Books (top 5's from friends & family)

• American Lit
• Top choice still is: Raintree County by Ross Lockridge, Jr.
• World Lit (including the Bible)
• eCommerce/Web Analytics/Useability/Information Architecture

Great Music (top desert-isle discs/tracks from f & f ala Hi Fidelity)

• Pandora.com