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By day, I'm a product manager serving a group of fantastic engineers at Square.
By night, I fight crime and solve mysteries with a robot pal of my own creation.
By midday, I like a snack, generally a cookie.
Part of this biography isn't true (hint, I like cookies and engineering, I don't own a robot)
Monthly Archives: November 2008
What are pages per visit?
If you’re tracking [page views](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/18/what-is-a-visitor/), [visitors](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/18/what-is-a-visitor/) and [visits](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/19/what-is-a-visit/) then you can calculate the next important metric in our jaunt down jargon lane… pages per visit. This one is just what it sounds like — the average number of page views … Continue reading
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A More Useful 404
A More Useful 404 – We do something similar at work, admittedly in Javascript (CMS limitations), but we also trigger e-mails to folks who should know about the link.
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What is a visit?
The last time I wrote in this occasional series about Internet jargon it about [visitors](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/18/what-is-a-visitor/). The next most logical question is: **What’s a visit?** At a high level, it’s easy, it’s one session by a [visitor](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/18/what-is-a-visitor/) to your Web site. … Continue reading
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Star Trek trailer
Star Trek trailer – I dunno. This franchise is super close to my heart. If they turn this into a silly action franchise (again), I'll hurt people. People who have initials for a first name. People who have the same … Continue reading
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Why Companies Fire People, Not Fancy Snacks
Why Companies Fire People, Not Fancy Snacks – This is a fantastic piece that shows how many servings of free office food would have to be consumed to equal laying off one person. Layoff suck, but they happen. I hate … Continue reading
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