Archive for the ‘general’ Category

Urlzen: A URL Shortener With Click Tracking

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

A few months ago we decided to experiment with Google App Engine. We also wanted to scratch an itch that we had. So, in the course of about 6 hours we created urlzen.com. With more and more communication taking place in 140 characters or less, those characters are at a premium. ...

New Accounts Everyday

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

For the month of November we are going to be sending out new statzen invitations each day. During this time we are going to pay extra special attention to fully integrating statzen with your blog. We want to make sure that we iron out all of the issues with signup and ...

Why Bloggers Want Content Focused Analytics

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

The primary difference between statzen.com and the other tools bloggers use for analytics is that we have a "content focus". As I was looking over the attention my personal blog has been getting I thought it might be a good example of what a "content focus" means for the blogger. Here ...

Big Day

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Today is going to be the first wave of invites for Techcrunch50 follks and our other alpha users.  It is also a busy development day for us with last minute stuff, of course.  So if you are activating an invitation and have any problem or any feedback at all, drop ...

Back from Techcrunch50

Friday, September 12th, 2008

We had a great time at Techcrunch 50!  We got a lot of great feedback and advice; started some important relationships; learned a lot; found some great companies; and got re-energized from the enthusiasm we got from bloggers who got it instantly (like Andrew, and Jenae, and Sukhjit)).  Throughout it ...

Introducing Statzen: Content Focused Statistics for Bloggers

Monday, September 8th, 2008

"What does it do?" is probably the most frequent question any new startup gets asked. We could tell you what Statzen does and even how it does it, but unless you have a deep understanding of the problems it addresses then you may or may not see the utility. So ...

Hear a Little About Statzen

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Check out the New Media Methodology podcast from the first Digital Nashville event. I talked a bit about statzen.

Applied to TechCrunch 50

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I have submitted statzen to be a part of TechCrunch 50. Hopefully we will be accepted. I will post here as soon as I can.

The Alpha Has Begun

Monday, October 8th, 2007

The statzen alpha test has begun. There are some users in the system and we are trickling more in as we have time and know that the system is stable. The fun has begun!

Why I Dislike Click Tracking in Feeds

Friday, September 28th, 2007

I have lot's of opinions; some of those come through in my software. With statzen I am likely going to provide some features that I am opposed to while helping to educate my users why they are not something I recommend. Click tracking in feeds is one of those ...