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Blogging about blogging code
December 20, 2007 – 3:17 pm
More a note-to-self:
The last post which embedded a video destroyed the WordPress template. WordPress stripped and messed with the </object> and <p> tags.
You can turn off the wysiwymg (What You See is What You Might Get) editor in
==> WordPress > WP-Admin > Options > Writing.
=> Uncheck [_] ‘Users should use the visual rich editor by […]
Bottling Second Life in digital video
December 20, 2007 – 2:46 pm
Huzzah it’s done. Not smooth sailing but have got there in the end.
There are many learnings in digital video recording the Second Life event.Critiquing the SL video:
The first cut of the video showed how much is was an unexciting talking heads are in SecondLife. May as well as have a simple audio file with […]
Beginning Second Life
November 29, 2007 – 5:30 pm
Beginning Second Life starts with creating a character’s Name on the Second Life website. My avatar was dubbed Teskat Teskat.
From that point I downloaded and installed the Second Life software, confirmed my account in email (it was in my junk folder) and logged in.
Basically you start with a something like department store manikin which you […]
My Second Life leaves me with seven to go…
November 29, 2007 – 12:57 pm
edna’s 10th birthday bash was quite an event. It was multicast through LiveClassroom and Second Life. Not only a birthday but also a celebration of edna’s constant evolution, simultaneously launching the myedna / me.edu.au service.
The Second Life’s event got people together from around the country and around the world. Another noteworthy point was […]
Converting Google Analytics to States based information
November 21, 2007 – 5:07 pm
A problem with the Australian Google Analytics service is it does not aggregate the geographical information on a State by State basis.
A bit of knuckle grease and lateral thinking Kerrie Smith and I have been able to solve this problem.
Step 1:
Copy the Map Overlay ‘Country/Territory Detail’ table data
[tip:set ’show rows’ to 100 at the bottom […]
Apples and oranges analytics
November 21, 2007 – 1:41 pm
A blog post outlining a few of the unique differences between the two web analytics services, Google Analytics and AWStats:
AWStats does
GA does
Usage
Hits
Report filtering
Bandwidth
Plugin support
Media Type usage
Screen Res
Status Codes
Screen colours
Spider footprint
Java support
Hourly usage
Visitor Loyatly
Connection speed
Adword integration
Content By title […]
86% of statistics are fiction
November 20, 2007 – 12:20 pm
Seasonally adjusted, however, it’s 92%. With web analytics - it’s even higher.
Currently I’m investigating the reason why there are discrepancies between AWStats and Google Analytics - specifically the large differences between a common statistic Page Views.
AWStats bases it’s reports on what happens on the webserver. The challenge is to correctly interpret server hits […]
Redefining PoC
November 7, 2007 – 2:04 pm
I just can’t leave this one alone. In preparing the last Show and Tell script, I’ve tripped over a definition I quite like:
A proof of concept ignites innovation by exploring unproven ideas and new techniques in a managed creative, low cost, time effective way.
See past attempts:
Defining PoCs
The Shiny part of my job
Scratch That Itch […]
Show and Tell 3 this friday!
November 7, 2007 – 1:49 pm
Sometimes things happen in a rush & the final Show and Tell 3 is happening this Friday 4pm November 9th, 2007, here at education.au offices.
A window of opportunity opened last week to put into reality our ideas for the last phase “Describe” automating key metadata elements.
