Google’s Brett Crosby Talks Analytics

After Brett Crosby of Google Analytics teased me from the audience about the "tricks" search marketers use to optimize web sites, during my session, I was looking forward to heckling him during his session on web analytics. Alas, Brett's role was mostly as moderator and the opportunity to return the favor, was limited.

Owner Posts Stolen Laptop On eBay

Instead of waiting for a stolen Apple Powerbook to show up on eBay, a firm in Sydney, Australia chose to post it themselves and inform the world of the crime.

GNU Flash Player, Gnash, In The Works

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced earlier this month the addition of Gnash, a new open source Flash movie player and Firefox plugin, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). "Open source" indicates that developers can build on top of earlier software to add features or tweak the old ones.