Comments on: Minding the shop http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: stevieflow http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-13995 stevieflow Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:16 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-13995 Magnificent! Please add me to the code list! We could try it with a few local authorities for mentions of, and traffic to, their plings... Magnificent!

Please add me to the code list! We could try it with a few local authorities for mentions of, and traffic to, their plings…

]]> By: The JISCPress Prototype Demonstrator Platform « JISCPress http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-12207 The JISCPress Prototype Demonstrator Platform « JISCPress Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:24:08 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-12207 [...] an “ultimate dashboard” built around free tracking/monitoring services – Minding the shop – and is willing to share the code. Such a dashboard could be used to provide a useful [...] [...] an “ultimate dashboard” built around free tracking/monitoring services – Minding the shop – and is willing to share the code. Such a dashboard could be used to provide a useful [...]

]]> By: Julian Elve http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11668 Julian Elve Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:50:59 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11668 Hi Steph, Very interesting - may I have a copy of your code please? thanks Julian Hi Steph,

Very interesting – may I have a copy of your code please?

thanks

Julian

]]> By: Matthew Mezey http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11441 Matthew Mezey Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:32:12 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11441 Hi Steph, If you do ever work out any RSS widget that can bring in some of the Google Analytics data (into Netvibes) that would be very cool, and v. useful...! :-) And very transferable too, as anyone can work Netvibes (if I can!). There's a new version of Netvibes around too (called Wasabi) - speeds things up, I think? (I've not used it yet). Some of the merged feeds that come through Google Reader (as you outlined in a previous blog post) are maybe a bit slow, I think. Or is it the Twitter searches that are slow to appear... I wonder if this is all fixed now, with Wasabi? That said, plenty of staff are now using the Netvibes dashboard(s) here at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Replying to queries/confusion amongst members - that the dashboard shows us - is a bit more of a hurdle, but is beginning to happen. Actually letting members themselves view the dashboard, well, that's another story... Cheers, Matthew Mezey (News Editor, Library and Information Update magazine) Hi Steph,

If you do ever work out any RSS widget that can bring in some of the Google Analytics data (into Netvibes) that would be very cool, and v. useful…! :-)

And very transferable too, as anyone can work Netvibes (if I can!).

There’s a new version of Netvibes around too (called Wasabi) – speeds things up, I think? (I’ve not used it yet). Some of the merged feeds that come through Google Reader (as you outlined in a previous blog post) are maybe a bit slow, I think. Or is it the Twitter searches that are slow to appear…

I wonder if this is all fixed now, with Wasabi?

That said, plenty of staff are now using the Netvibes dashboard(s) here at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

Replying to queries/confusion amongst members – that the dashboard shows us – is a bit more of a hurdle, but is beginning to happen.

Actually letting members themselves view the dashboard, well, that’s another story…

Cheers,

Matthew Mezey
(News Editor, Library and Information Update magazine)

]]> By: Steph http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11421 Steph Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:11:41 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11421 Thanks all - I'm slightly taken back by the interest in this one! Those who have requested code - I'll package this up and drop you a mail with it in the next couple of weeks. Caveat emptor and all that. @Neil: yes, I really do have it open all day. I'm not glued to it, but it's something to glance at between meetings so I can follow what the team are working on @Matthew: interesting you should say that - for some of our projects, I realised the other day that we could achieve much of this through Netvibes dashboards, but would need an RSS widget to bring in the Google Analytics. My tool here doesn't currently generate an RSS feed of GA data, *but it could*. Stay tuned! Thanks all – I’m slightly taken back by the interest in this one!

Those who have requested code – I’ll package this up and drop you a mail with it in the next couple of weeks. Caveat emptor and all that.

@Neil: yes, I really do have it open all day. I’m not glued to it, but it’s something to glance at between meetings so I can follow what the team are working on

@Matthew: interesting you should say that – for some of our projects, I realised the other day that we could achieve much of this through Netvibes dashboards, but would need an RSS widget to bring in the Google Analytics. My tool here doesn’t currently generate an RSS feed of GA data, *but it could*. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Matthew Mezey http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11401 Matthew Mezey Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:29:43 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11401 Hi Steph, Nice one :-) This seems to go quite some way beyond the Netvibes web monitoring dashboard you showed us how to make a while back! Though the words "some PHP jiggery-pokery" and "500 lines of PHP all told" mean I'll never be able to quite recreate what you've done here! And the Google Analytics stuff you've got comes via an API, right? So I can't just get it as an RSS feed - which I am capable of doing, in contrast to API anything... ;-) Cheers, Matthew Hi Steph,

Nice one :-)

This seems to go quite some way beyond the Netvibes web monitoring dashboard you showed us how to make a while back!

Though the words “some PHP jiggery-pokery” and “500 lines of PHP all told” mean I’ll never be able to quite recreate what you’ve done here!

And the Google Analytics stuff you’ve got comes via an API, right? So I can’t just get it as an RSS feed – which I am capable of doing, in contrast to API anything… ;-)

Cheers,

Matthew

]]> By: Josh http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11390 Josh Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:06:47 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11390 Really interesting - has made me think about exactly what kind of information we currently get out of our website and related channels. Have circulated thoughts to colleagues about the lack of website uptime monitoring in particular... Really interesting – has made me think about exactly what kind of information we currently get out of our website and related channels. Have circulated thoughts to colleagues about the lack of website uptime monitoring in particular…

]]> By: Stephen Hale http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11389 Stephen Hale Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:45:45 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11389 Steph - this is brilliant. It's inspired us to revisit what we have (and copy everything you've done). Steph – this is brilliant. It’s inspired us to revisit what we have (and copy everything you’ve done).

]]> By: Steve "@PodcastSteve" Lubetkin http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/2009/12/minding-the-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-11386 Steve "@PodcastSteve" Lubetkin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:55:41 +0000 http://blog.helpfultechnology.com/?p=575#comment-11386 Would love to get a copy of the code, pls. Looks very interesting for some things we are doing for clients. Would love to get a copy of the code, pls. Looks very interesting for some things we are doing for clients.

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