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Da seguimiento a tu web desde el iPhone con Ego
El seguimiento o trackeo de la actividad de un sitio es tan importante como indispensable para reconocer su salud y popularidad. Un sitio con usuarios participantes, con buenos registros de RSS y una buena cantidad de pageviews en su haber, tiene todo para convertirse en un éxito. Por eso, poder revisar su actividad en cualquier momento se convierte en una necesidad para evaluar la efectividad del trabajo.
Si tienen un iPhone y administran un sitio web, bienvenidos a Ego, una extraordinaria herramienta para revisar los detalles de seguimiento más importantes de tu sitio. Se trata de una aplicación que pueden comprar en la tienda de iTunes por 20 pesos mexicanos (este precio puede variar) con un look limpio, destacadamente bien diseñado, con la que puedes llevar el registro de las estadísticas de la actividad de tu (tus) sitios, gracias a gadgets que configuras fácilmente con:
.Twitter
.Vimeo
.Ember
.Feedburner
.Google Analytics
.Mint
.Squarespace
El número de gadgets activados es ilimitado, por lo que tener una buena estrategia vía Feedburner y Google Analytics te permite monitorear cualquier sitio o servicio.
Sin duda, una aplicación indispensable si al web se dedican y usan iPhone.
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The new viral video is a single frame and has no sound
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I was talking with a friend of mine, Nate Davis, a few weeks ago and we stumbled onto something rather perplexing. A lot of brands spend a tremendous amount of time and money trying to create viral videos. Why? They are extremely expensive to produce and usually end up being anything but viral. They usually outright fail. But if you want to send a message without the support of paid media, how do you do it?
A few brands have discovered that you don't have to sink tens of thousands of dollars into production in order to send a message viral. You can do it with an image. If you’re a connoisseur of cliché Internet buzzwords, you might know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about infographs.
Making an infograph is relatively cheap and easy. How many stunning infographics could you make for the cost of a single viral video? Ten? Fifty? A hundred? If they’re relevant, you’ve got a good chance at getting half of them plastered all over Digg, Reddit, and Delicious. They are also easier to embed on blogs and you don’t have to worry about how to get them to display on devices that don’t support Adobe Flash, like the iPhone.
Moreover, it’s just better format for most brands to use on a regular basis. You can be blunt about what it is you want to say. As long as you can make it visually compelling, people will want to spend time with it. You don’t have to try to trick the consumer into watching it or sharing it. The brand itself can speak, and what it says can be, not only genuinely interesting to the consumer, but helpful. With an infographic a brand can come out and say: This is who we are, this is what we’re interested in, and this is what we think is true about the world.
Mint has been pumping out infographics like mad for the past few months. They are a great example of a company who understands how it is people are sharing information online, and how to actually inject themselves into the conversation. Bravo, Mint. Bravo.
Mint.com: Online Budgeting is Useless Without the Online Part
Shouldn't this guy be on the phone with Citizens Bank right now?
While I wait an astonishing 2+ months...
Wait a minute let's read that again. 2 months. Mint's service for one of the largest banks in the Northeast has been unavailable for 2 months. Holy shit how has this not made the tech news yet? Better yet, how have there not been firings (plural)?
While I wait a mind-blowing 2 months for connectivity issues to be resolved between Mint and Citizens Bank, I've been hanging out with Quicken. People seem to hate Quicken, but their customer support is incredibly responsive and their account connectivity has been rock solid. That's about to change as come this spring, there will be nowhere to hide from Mint's horrifically unstable data provider-
Although many are concerned about the fate of Mint, it sounds as though most of the changes will be happening to Quicken’s 1.4 million online users. They will be moved to Mint in the spring, said Mr. Patzer, who will oversee the transition.
On paper this lines up perfectly. Mint- great features, crappy data provider + support. Quicken- crappy features, great data provider + support. Come this spring a Voltron of online banking awesomeness should assemble before our very eyes. As long as Mr. Patzer doesn't blow it...or allow Intuit to screw it up.
Mint's chronology
If you guys want to learn more about the early days at Mint. Check out
these posts:
Timeline: Mint.com - 2005
http://femgineer.com/?p=240
Timeline: Mint.com - 2006
http://femgineer.com/?p=245
Timeline: Mint.com - Spring 2007
http://femgineer.com/?p=251
Timeline: Mint.com - Summer 2007
http://femgineer.com/?p=263
These are written by the second engineer/third employee at Mint.com. A
lot of insight.
Nice chronology of building Mint by early employee.
P.S. Too much Mint for today. Despite the fact that I was really impressed by Aaron speaking at Founders Insitute, he already received a fair amount of discussions. :)
mein linux-mint desktop
nachdem ich gestern mint auf meinem laptop installiert habe, hier mal ein erster screenshot:
Charting the Death of the Newspaper - It's Minty fresh
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The Mint takes new look at the decline of the newspaper industry. No new news here, but the charts and graphs make it east to understand.
BTW Mint, hate that gray background. What's up with that?
Newspapers Aren't Dead Yet, But This Ain't Encouraging
And look at the stock prices of the publishers...geez.
Mint.com - Skeletons in the Closet
When Intuit acquired TechCrunch darlings Mint.com a couple of weeks back, many people were upset. Shouts of "sellouts!" and "RIP Mint" rang across the TwitterNets. Some people even up and cancelled their accounts in anticipation of Intuit screwing up their beloved Mint. Given Intuit's track record of destroying their own brand, the fear was justified. However what many people don't realize is that Mint has some skeletons in its own closet.
The Mint support message boards are bad. I'm not talking the typical "why can't Mint use laser beams and 3-D holograms" type requests from lunatics that most support boards contain. I mean outright "the service has stopped working" stuff. What's worse, replies from support are few and far between. Prepare to wait weeks/months for your issue to be addressed. The utter clusterfuck below regarding Citizens Bank, one of the largest banks in the country, illustrates some of the pain. Users have been unable to update their accounts for over a month. Or you can pick one of the many posts from angry/frustrated users wondering where the hell Mint support is. There are many.
I for one am happy that Intuit has acquired Mint. As terrible as Quicken is, at least I get prompt responses from friendly Indian support personnel. Maybe they'll extend that support to Mint. As it stands right now, if you have any problem with this service what so ever, consider yourself screwed.
