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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)
Category Archives: Journalism
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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What is a visitor?
So the last time I wrote in this occasional series about Internet jargon, I wrote about [page views](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/13/what-is-a-page-view/). Who’s generating all those page views? That would be a **visitor**. **So what is a visitor?** At a high level, it’s very … Continue reading
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WordPress for iPhone: Thumbs up
Early verdict on the [WordPress for iPhone application](http://iphone.wordpress.org/): it’s pretty nice! I used it to draft my post [about page views](http://heisel.org/blog/2008/11/13/what-is-a-page-view/) while I was riding on the [subway](http://itsmarta.com/) home. **What’s good** * **Offline** — How cool is it to be … Continue reading
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Saving newspapers^h^h^h^h^h^h media companies: my $0.02
[Jack Lail](http://www.jacklail.com/) has a [good round up](http://www.jacklail.com/blog/archives/2008/11/newspaper-execs-this-is-not-a.html) of suggestions offered to newspaper executives at an [American Press Institute summit](http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/resources/2008/11/ceo_summit_on_saving_an_indust/). I agree with almost [every item on the list](http://www.jacklail.com/blog/archives/2008/11/newspaper-execs-this-is-not-a.html). But I’d be remiss if I didn’t share some thoughts on some … Continue reading
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What is a page view?
We use a lot of jargon in [newsrooms](http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicago_steph/3005686280/), and there’s even more [online](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089/). I thought I’d take an occasional stab at defining some online terms in the hopes of reaching across the aisle… of the newsroom. (Do newsrooms have aisles?) … Continue reading
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