This is a search for Joe Guarino and porn. (see where he tries to do the same to Joe Killian) MORE THAN 10 PAGES OF RESULTS! He’s the porn KING! It’s a shame people don’t know how to use a tool like Google.
Hits and Visits
Posted by – August 27, 2010 – Share on Facebook
Over at Joe’s place, there is much discussion about “hits” and “visits” regarding what I consider over-the-top criticism about “porn” in the public library without understanding what the terms mean and therefore illogical conclusions are being drawn. This is a community service attempt at describing the terminology. With pictures.
In the first graphic below, which is from an anonymous NON-PORN site using AW Stats (a free program) that monitors statistics, we learn a few things:
- In the month of August, there were 37,705 hits on the site.
- In the month of August, there were 20,048 pages viewed.
- In the month of August, there were 34,209 files downloaded.
What do we conclude? Visiting 20K pages involves “hitting” 37K separate components of a page and involved 34K files (pieces of the page). Only 20K actual pages were viewed. On a porn site, the number of hits would be MUCH larger. The number of files MUCH larger. The number of pages MUCH lower.
Let’s see a second picture that should give anyone with reading comprehension capability a deeper understanding. The first several “hits” were page components including menus, robots (used by search engines), icons, stylesheets, PDF (a direct link), until we get to the FIRST real page: “/portfolio/”. Then more stylesheets, some music, before the /contact/ page was viewed.
NB: Porn sites have TONS more files than this anonymous business site. The number of page views would be remarkably lower and the number of files/components would be vastly higher due to the way porn (or most photo) sites are constructed.
In the top 14 hits/views, only 3 pages are viewed. Do you understand now the difference between hits and pages?
Lest we leave you panting for more, a concise “how to interpret stats” guide can be found on our web-hosting division’s site [PDF] and it says in part (and is addressed to business people trying to interpret their statistics):
HITS: This term is very often used instead of “Unique Visitors” to describe the total amount of visitors to your website in a certain period. The real meaning of “hit” is when something is downloaded from your website by a visitor. This may be text, a picture, a page (like an included menu or footer), a flash file, etc. You will generally not need to pay much attention to this figure.
Let us bow our heads and pray
Posted by – August 25, 2010 – Share on Facebook
As long as I’m on the subject, let’s get something out in the open: Jews don’t bow their heads when they pray (except during ONE prayer for a very specific phrase). Jews do other things when they pray, for sure. But we think the “bowing your head” custom is lovely and we respect it when others bow their heads because it’s meaningful to them. It’s just not for us; it’s not what we do.
So when a preacher does an invocation for 850 diverse people and starts with, “Let us bow our heads,” the ominous clouds of lack of religious understanding shadow the horizon. Jews will, out of respect to their friends and colleagues, stand silently and respectfully but will darned sure feel like what’s going on is not meant for them. Today, we were asked to bow our heads. Someone needs to write a “how-to” for group invocation leaders.
(In case you’re interested, the answer is, “During Aleinu, and only during the words marked below.”)
How many Jews does it take?
Posted by – August 25, 2010 – Share on Facebook
During the aforementioned State of the Community Luncheon, the best engineer (if he fixes my Server 2010) on the east coast mentioned that his church (not in Greensboro) has 2,500 members. I commented, “I think that’s more people than there are Jews in Greensboro.”
Marilyn Chandler, ED of the Greensboro Jewish Federation, said, “Close. There are about 3,000 Jews in Greensboro.”
Fancy that. His church has only 500 fewer members as there are Jews in Greensboro. But there are about 750 more Jews in Greensboro than I heard about 15 years ago.
State of the Community – in Jesus name
Posted by – August 25, 2010 – Share on Facebook
We went to the State of the Community Luncheon today at the Koury Center, an annual event coordinated by the Chamber of Commerce (of which TechTriad is a member). Lovely room, nicely decorated, 850 people from all walks of Greensboro’s varied life (even though all the men on stage were, well, men). The two of us sat in the Open Seating area, that is, we didn’t buy a reserved table. Very nice people sat with us, including two from GJF (Greensboro Jewish Federation). Lots of introductions & business card passing. Engaging welcome. Then we got to the agenda item marked, “Invocation.”
The very passionate preacher thanked G-d for everything: the food, the people who prepared it, the people who would enjoy it; for wisdom, for insight, for all sorts of great things. (Wait for it…) At the end, she concluded with, “In Jesus’s name, amen.”
The GJF ladies looked at me; I looked at them, the other others at the table looked uncomfortably at the three of us, knowing we were taken aback. I sighed quietly (and fought to be quiet). Both GJF ladies said the same thing, “We have work to do.”
I thought that was a great response. We DO have work to do in Greensboro and recognizing that 850 people aren’t all Christian might just be a great place to start. Can I get an amen on that?
(Let me be clear: that wasn’t the Chamber’s fault. When you invite a religious leader to do an invocation in a town with diverse people, you sort of understand that person will recognize the diversity standing in front of them. And I’m not angry but am a bit perplexed.)
Marketing Locally
Posted by – August 23, 2010 – Share on Facebook
Sponsor ConvergeSouth. There’s no easier or bang-for-your-buck way to reach the most tech-savvy and upcoming small businesses in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte area (with some Silicon Valley thrown in). Our audience is Boston-to-Atlanta and you can put your name, banner, products, URL, services and more in front of them.
ConvergeSouth is an all-volunteer conference. Join in as a sponsor and support the local community and reap the benefits of local sponsorship. Click here to Sponsor ConvergeSouth online.
Many thanks to Mark Tosczak for his ongoing sponsor seeking and successes.
Register for ConvergeSouth
Posted by – August 22, 2010 – Share on Facebook
ConvergeSouth registration is open, easy and low-cost. Do it 
today.
There are multiple levels and prices for registration – choose the one that suits you. You can opt in for the entire conference or opt-out of the new Saturday luncheon with US Congressmen Brad Miller and Howard Coble [Mr. Coble is tentative] and more NC Legislators on a panel about Internet Policy and Law (can’t imagine why you’d want to opt-out, but you can!). Pricing is multi-level and there’s a $10 ticket if that’s what you can afford – no questions asked. (You can make a donation on top of it if you can.) See the ever-growing ConvergeSouth schedule here.
With Brent D. Payne keynoting, and Kevin Briody’s ultra-creative brain doing amazing things with the Friday afternoon panel, and a host of talent you’d ordinarily have to pay 2-3x as much to enjoy, ConvergeSouth is the best tech conference deal around. Did I mention John Cass and PitchCamp? Or Tammy L. Colson’s Web-Tech Shoot-out? From the short write-up (more to come):
So many tweets – which platform to choose? The Twitter Tech Shootout pits 3 Twitter applications against each other. Each representative completes an assigned set of tasks – things we do every day – and then the audience decides which one works best. Which package of tweets will be the most complete? This session might not be as tasty as Iron Chef, but it’s a lot more useful than grilled octopus.
Stay updated on ConvergeSouth
Posted by – August 22, 2010 – Share on Facebook
We’re entering the ConvergeSouth almost home stretch. Stay updated. Follow the blog with posts from multiple contributors. This is the best CS ever and has the most (talented) volunteers.
ConvergeSouth Hosted Dinners – at a restaurant near you
Posted by – August 21, 2010 – Share on Facebook
ConvergeSouth is bringing back Hosted Dinners on Friday evening, October 1, 2010, where you get to have a meal and one-on-eleven elbow rubbing with CS presenters from all over and who are experts in all sorts of geek-friendly topics. All you pay for is your own meal (click here to sponsor a hosted dinner as a Silver Sponsor) and enjoy dinner, talk, trade business cards and ideas. See the list of those presenters graciously hosting dinners (so far) and come back soon for online signup. Each dinner is limited to a total of 12 people and our own 5-years-and-counting JW will arrange for restaurants.
Hang around – there’s more. The good Mr. Hoggard is again throwing a community BBQ on Saturday night. I hear there might be banana pudding.
Much more about the BBQ later, but if you’re community-minded, contact David directly and offer to help.
ConvergeSouth PitchCamp
Posted by – August 21, 2010 – Share on Facebook
John Cass (his day job is at Pace Communications) is one of those golden resources in Greensboro – you should seek him out and meet him. At 7 a.m., he was reveling in topics about experiences he’s had (name the city) and had a plan to run PitchCamp (along with Tim Janke from the Investment Micro Angel Fund), a new ConvergeSouth 2-hour, multi-week session where the applicants get practice in pitching their ideas to (real) venture capitalists. Think of it as a geeky “Next Food Network Star” mixed with “American Idol” and more. You get the “in” with VCs if you qualify. Learn more about PitchCamp here and darnit, if you’re a startup or entrepreneur, APPLY!
What is PitchCamp?
When you’re an entrepreneur you receive advice from every quarter, but what matters most when making your pitch? In this 2-hour PitchCamp session entrepreneurs will learn from Angels and VC’s what to do and what not to do when pitching their business model. Every start-up will have the chance to pitch, and prior to the event start-up teams will compete for the coveted two main dish spots, while the audience will have a chance to critique pitches.
It wouldn’t hurt if you registered for ConvergeSouth (it’s a requirement) but if you can’t afford the registration fee, there’s a $10 ticket (where else can you get a deal like that?) and you can make a donation you can afford above that.
Swyping
Posted by – August 21, 2010 – Share on Facebook
After asking Mr. Google how to turn on Swype, [real geeks rely on user forums] I just tried it and was more than marginally successful. As I use my Droid X (great purchase!), I’m learning cool tools every day. I also learned that I’m a lousy phone kb typist so I wanted all the tools & help I could get. Swype is intuitive (I have some trouble figuring out how to get characters – anyone know how to type the “@” symbol when swyping?)
Best of all in this phone is voice: voice searching, voice texting, voice everything. I’m impressed.
Cute bald guy on scooter
Posted by – August 20, 2010 – Share on Facebook
Lunch without a real purpose (i.e. business meeting) is a rare treat. Today I had lunch with a cute bald guy and got to play with his scooter afterward. Everyone who walked by had that, “I’d really like to try that,” face.
He’s got the official DOT approved helmet and way-cool leather jacket to do the whole image thing.
The best part of today’s lunch is that we’re both storytellers, so we asked the server, seeing’s as the restaurant wasn’t crowded, if we could stay longer, over-caffeinate on Diet Coke and tell our stories. She smiled and we did.
Click the pic to em-Joe-ify. (Disclaimer: am still getting used to my new Droid X and its camera. The phone does a better job of picture taking than I did.)
Croc-Sue
Posted by – August 15, 2010 – Share on Facebook
Probably the most significant event of my too-short real vacation is that I am currently wearing and enjoying a pair of Crocs. Bought from a Croc store (albeit an outlet). With encouragement from friends who used to say it was a “Tangiers” outlet mall until I told them that Stanley and Doris say Tan-gr. But we used a coupon so I’m not sure it counts.
The Police Chief We’re Glad We Didn’t Get
Posted by – August 8, 2010 – Share on Facebook
The answer, unfortunately: More rapes, says Chief Brown, specifically date rapes. And we all know what the solution to date rape is: getting women to stop drinking, because that is what causes date rape. Not dudes raping women, but women drinking. [bold mine but those words are his]
“We’re needing to create a message to the victims of this type of crime, related to, you know, someone you don’t know that well, you having a little bit too much to drink,” explains Chief Brown, suggesting women, “have your friends watch you” if you intend to drink in front of a man.
Date rape. Solved by Chief David Brown.
Filtering Porn
Posted by – August 7, 2010 – Share on Facebook
I left these comments at Ed’s place, but decided to post them here as well. The discussion was about filtering sites that library visitors can view. There are some misconceptions about what filtering is, what it’s capable of, what it costs and how it works. There will be 3 comments posted here, read the rest after the jump.
