Is represents Part 2 in the MDA series. In part one we talked about what exactly MDA is and what it can do. In this section, I wanted to talk a little bit more about how if fits in different places. This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive source of information (it’s just a blog), but I would like to discuss some of the things I would look at before making the MDA leap. How [...]

SSH + Socks + (Firefox + FoxyProxy) = Browsing Freedom Although tunnel through them would be a more accurate description. I hesitate whether to post this or not, but the little wanna-be-hacker inside me is making me do it. If you find your browsing is constrained by filters, proxies, or any other kind of unwanted restraints and you’ve got a spare offsite SSH Server, there is a solution to all your problems. The information is [...]

If you’re anything like me, you often daydream of the wonderful computer setup you’d like to have someday if you can ever afford it. All those computers & gadgets, working flawlessly together in absolute technological bliss. Well, as I near graduation, my probably false perception, is that those dreams are a little closer. The first two items on that imaginary shopping list is some kind of RAID storage solution and some kind of device that [...]

At the risk of this blog starting to sound like an advertisement for SiteCatalyst, that is not my intention, I’m just continually surprised by the amount of control you can exercise over your data.  There are so many different ways to combine your data so you can view it from every angle. I just barely finished reading sections of Omniture’s Implementation Manual and the Omniture Advanced User Training documents.  Today’s tidbit deals with tracking campaigns. [...]

None of this is original, I just uncovered this article in the archives of the internet. It answers the question I’ve been pondering for awhile, and it also cautions against something I’ve been thinking of doing lately (no I’m not a CEO). The bottom line is this. If you’re a blogger and you expect people to read your blog, you must have 4 of the following 5 things: Candor Urgency Timeliness Pithiness Controversy I had [...]