In his latest post, Yongfook suggests that Google Analytics automatically detect peaks in all graphs and provide more detailed information about what caused the spike. This would be very cool. However, I don’t see it happening any time soon because it sounds extremely difficult to pull off and do well. I’d like to offer an [...]

Lately I’ve been getting this question a lot too. The answer is, unfortunately, no. What it means is that I’ll basically have to be on call 24/7. That I’ll have a flood of bugs to address. That I’m (hopefully) going to have to deal with scaling issues and spammers. That I’ll have more pressure on [...]

Dear A-list tech blogger, I read your blog because of your witty insights into the world of technology. I don’t need to be notified if your car broke down on the way to see grandma or if your snorkeling lesson in Cancun was a blast. Just take a hiatus. I’m reading your blog in a [...]

There are two types of metadata (data about data) floating around out there. Implicit and Explicit. Explicit metadata is data that someone attached to an object because they were asked to do so in order to charitably improve the system. Implicit metadata is data that someone attached to an object in the natural course of [...]