Alex’s Notes

Website Traffic Modeling – Part 1 – Introduction

Have you ever wondered:

• How fast can my website grow?
• How long will it take to make good money on traffic?
• What are the most important factors for website traffic growth?
• How much should I spend on website advertising?

Over my next few posts I’ll develop a practical method for modeling website traffic that can answer all of those questions, and more!

Just plant the grass

There was once an architect who built a cluster of large office buildings that was set in a central green. When construction was completed, the landscape crew asked him where he wanted the sidewalks between the buildings. “Not yet,” was the architect’s reply. “Just plant the grass solidly between the buildings.”

Naming Your Internet Business

Nike takes its name from the Greek goddess of victory, but who pictures a goddess when they buy running shoes? I doubt that one in a hundred customers give a thought to the meaning behind the name. Would Nike have done so well under any name?

Save time in 2009

If you value money, you’ll budget and track track it. Why not treat your time the same?

When I worked at a large engineering consulting firm, every minute of my working day had to be attributed to a current project. I worked on various large projects for different clients throughout the day, but by 5 PM my time had to add to 8.0 hours. If a project had too many hours it would go over budget.

Since there was no category for ‘walking around’, ‘chatting it up’, or even ‘misc work’, it encouraged a productive, task-oriented mindset.

Sticky laptop touchpad fingers

For my first post on this shiny new site, why not tackle one of today’s most pressing problems: sticky laptop fingers. Hopefully this helps someone, somewhere. Background Touchpads used to always have that matte, Teflon-like surface to allow for easy finger-sliding action. On my HP Pavillion 6000 (great laptop in every other way), they simply [...]