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Tuesday, March 29, 2005Google Grabs Urchin
Don't wake the sleeping giants. If Microsoft or Google take a serious interest in web analytics, the existing vendors are toast.
Monday, March 28, 2005WebTrends and NetIQ Part Company
WebTrends is a solo act again. Some say this will make them more nimble. Will this really make them more responsive to customers? Improve technical support? Fix problems with basic functionality? Although I hope so, I'm not holding my breath.
Thursday, March 24, 2005Police Piece Together Life of Murder Suspect
Update from Burlington Vermont on Laura Winterbottom murder suspect. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005MarketingSherpa's Eyetracking Landing Page Study Results
Study results from the fine folks at MarketingSherpa
Article::Audio Special: MarketingSherpa's Eyetracking Study Results - Downloadable Presentation + Slide Deck.
Discover how the human eye is "hardwired" to view Web pages, especially promotional campaign landing pages. Roughly 50% of people who click to your page leave in under eight seconds, so design and copy to catch the eye is mission critical to improving your conversions.[Marketing: Case Studies & Know-How from MarketingSherpa]
Laura Winterbottom Updates
Further updates from Vermont on Laura Winterbottom. If you have trouble viewing the PDFs, right-click on them and use "Save Target As..." to download.
- Burlington Free Press article 1 (html) (pdf)
- Burlington Free Press article 2 (html) (pdf)
- Burlington Free Press article 3 (html) (pdf)
Tuesday, March 22, 2005More Laura Winterbottom Articles
Follow-up on the murder case. If you have trouble viewing the PDFs, right-click on them and use "Save Target As..." to download.
- WCAX-TV article 2 (pdf)
- WCAX-TV article 3 (html) (pdf)
- WCAX-TV article 4 (html) (pdf)
- WCAX-TV article 5 (html) (pdf)
Further update on Laura Winterbottom
Later article from Burlington Free Press on the suspect arrested in Laura Winterbottom murder case. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Police Arrest Laura Winterbottom Murder Suspect
Update from WCAX-TV in Burlington Vermont: Police arrest a suspect in the Laura Winterbottom murder case. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Monday, March 21, 2005A Few More Knowledge Management Blogs
Following up on the Bill Ives knowledge management blog list, Jack Vinson over at Knowledge Jolt with Jack offers his favorite KM resources.
Saturday, March 19, 2005More Knowledge Management Blogs
Never hurts to have another list of knowledge management sites.
Some Knowledge Management Blogs from Bill Ives. An nice list of blogs that deal with KM topics from Bill Ives. I'm flattered that Bill chose to include mine among the list. You should definitely check out the rest of the list as well.
Some Knowledge Management Blogs. When I was at Braintrust 2005 last week, someone asked me about good blogs to read. Since it was a knowledge management conference I put together the list of 17 below. Eight are cases in our own business blog book... [Portals and KM][McGee's Musings]
Wednesday, March 16, 2005Sky Watchers R Us
Enjoy pretty pictures, from long ago, in a galaxy far, far away?
HubbleSite. Telescopes offer us a glimpse of things that are impossible to see with the naked eye. It’s truly awe inspiring to point one up into the night sky and see what’s hovering above us with such majestic balance...
By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Brandon Watts)
[Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics]
Happy Belated Birthday, RSS
And the rest is history...
On this day six years ago Netscape unveiled their feed reader, my.netscape.com, and a format named RSS. [Scripting News]
Congratulations to the iPodder Team
Podcasting (podcatching) tool updated. I haven't talked about podcasting much because "it just works" and has been part of my daily life since last September. Yet another useful tool that was an instant "Bing!" experience when I tried it.
We released the new 2.0 version of iPodder today. Man, it feels good to ship. Enjoy, everybuddeh!
[Andrew Grumet's Weblog]
Update on Laura Winterbottom
Received the following email:
The family has asked that people not speak to reporters, as they are only acting like they just want to learn more about Laura in order to squeeze out more juicy bits from people. The family has asked if you knew Laura and are contacted by reporters to only say "no comment." Please do not help the reporters out ... they are relentless and it is against the family's wishes.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005Police Explore Personal Ad Connection in Laura Winterbottom Murder
Another article from Vermont. If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Monday, March 14, 2005The Many Friends of Laura Winterbottom
Thirty of Laura's friends chartered a plane from Vermont and were among the roughly 300 people attending the four weekend services.
I received a sympathy email through this weblog today. Thank you, Jana. Maria will forward the email to Laura's family.
According to WCAX-TV, Burlington police are making good progress in the investigation. They had enough evidence to eliminate at least one possible suspect.
If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Study: Consumers Delete Cookies at Surprising Rate
Back to the drawing board...
Study: Consumers Delete Cookies at Surprising Rate. Nearly 40 percent of Internet users delete cookies from their primary computers on at least a monthly basis, according to a study by JupiterResearch. The finding has big implications for advertising and marketing firms that depend on cookies for tracking and targeting. [ClickZ]
Saturday, March 12, 2005Update on Laura Winterbottom Murder
If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Friday, March 11, 2005Laura Winterbottom Articles
To protect against future link failure, preserved several articles on this tragic event about Laura Winterbottom from Burlington media sources. If you have trouble viewing the PDFs, right-click on them and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Thursday, March 10, 2005Numb Over Laura Winterbottom Murder
Kept up appearances at work today, but very hard to concentrate. Helped Maria with initial research to locate a missing relative for the upcoming funeral.
I was originally scheduled to pick up Maria at the airport this evening. Due to her re-scheduled flight, I briefly considered attending a Happy Hour gathering with folks from work. The same situation in which Laura was last seen alive by her friends. Seeing the young women at work today, I could only think of Laura and of my own daughter. I realized I could not attend the after-work gathering and still pretend nothing was wrong. I have not mentioned this tragedy to my co-workers. Some may read this site, but these back-dated posts won't be released until the weekend.
Instead, I tried to dull the pain of Laura Winterbottom's murder by drinking alone at home. As you might expect, that didn't help.
If you have trouble viewing the PDFs, right-click on them and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005Rest In Peace, Laura Winterbottom
First day back at work after vacation.
Maria phoned from New York with tragic news. JoAnn and Ned's youngest daughter was murdered in Burlington Vermont last night. Laura Winterbottom was only 31. Everyone is devasted.
Maria changed her flight plans to stay in New York until Saturday. Emailed the news to Bryan and Crystal just after midnight.
If you have trouble viewing the PDF, right-click on it and use "Save Target As..." to download.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005Vacation catchup
Received 1.3 inches of rain while we were gone. This last vacation day disappeared with various catchup items.
Monday, March 07, 2005 Sunday, March 06, 2005New York, Day 4
Michael (John's younger son from first marriage) came down to Anthony's house for an hour before we left for New York City.
Trip to Arthur Avenue in North Bronx; "Little Italy in the Bronx." A caravan of 3 cars made the drive more interesting. Joe, Karen, Bryan, Kate, Bruce, Maria, Crystal, Nate, Katie,and boyfriend Steve. Walked around about 45 minutes buying pastries etc, followed by dinner at Marios.
After returning home, showed pictures from our Hawaii cruise on my laptop. We all split up and retired back to JoAnn and Ned's and to Joe and Karen's for the night.
Saturday, March 05, 2005New York, Day 3
Today we celebrated my father-in-law Tony's 90th birthday with a surprise party. Most of us gathered to set up tables and decorate in the morning, then adjourned to get ourselves ready. Guests began arriving at 2:00, with the guest of honor arriving at 2:30 for the surprise. I had not seen many of these folks since Maria and I were married 29 years ago.
After the party, cleanup and packing of the leftover food was done by 7:30. Back at Maria's we caught the end of a James Bond movie with Halle Berry. Joe and Karen left for another surprise party, this one hosted by Jeff for his wife Robin's 50th birthday.
Friday, March 04, 2005New York, Day 2
Dropped Bryan and Kate at the train station this morning. John and Gabe are coming from Boston to spend the day in New York City with them.
Took photos of former residences and a few other area in town. Bought flowers and wine for the birthday party tomorrow.
Picked up Crystal and Nate at the airport. Maria, Crystal, and Nate will stay with Maria's cousin JoAnn and her husband Ned.
Joe and I picked up Bryan and Kate at train station late at night. Side trip with them to Joe's work for bagel run. In bed by midnight.
Thursday, March 03, 2005New York, Day 1
Bryan, Kate, and I flew to Westchester County airport in White Plains. On final approach, the view of many large wooded estates covered in snow was beautiful. The three of us will stay with Joe and Karen.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005MINI Cooper
Bryan placed his order for mid-April delivery of a MINI Cooper. Blue exterior, black top. This will be his first new car, leaving behind the Toyota Corolla that served him well.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005Hillside Wall and Rosemary Plants
Nate and his brother have the first hillside garden wall assembled.
Talked to Camie about her wonderful rows of rosemary plantings on the hillside in the engineered fill.
Maria Creates Base Camp in New York
Maria left for New York to prep for her Dad's upcoming surprise party, celebrating his 90th birthday. The rest of us will join her over the next few days.