Comments on: Show 74: Marcus 2.0

By: Barry McGee

Barry McGee — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:35:40 +0000

@Swathes, Paul mentioned CrazyEgg which shows a heat map of where your users are focussing when on your site.. (I think!)

By: Swathes

Swathes — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:57:31 +0000

Hey! Loving the podcast. Seems to be the only informative one around at the moment, and isn’t completely mind numbing.
Didnt you mention something in your podcst about a website that you could use, to allow you to understand how users use your site, by “burning” where they look; or did I dream that…
Wow, hope that makes sense!
Keep up the good work

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:31:04 +0000

@Remy, I actually used to use Feed Digest for this job and that gave me ultimate customization on output, but in the end istalkr was just more fun.

By: prisca

prisca — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:20:34 +0000

Peter ;)
thanks for the confirmation :) I think the trial is a great option – giving everyone a chance to try and your prices are so affordable anyway for such a great service ;)
Going more open source does sound very exciting though as well ;) curious to see those developments taking place in the future.

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:13:19 +0000

prisca: That is correct. We have done this to curb demand a little while we develop new things (without having to worry so much about increasing capacity every month). It seems like a good compromise though as we're planning to open source some of our technology so that lower end users can get the majority of the features totally free, whereas we then just keep the high end clients who need direct support and the more powerful features. This should be a win win for everybody but is still a few months away.

By: Remy Sharp

Remy Sharp — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:45:47 +0000

Hi Paul, Regarding istalkr.com and your original FeedDigest life stream - I made a screencast last week showing how to do-it-yourself using Yahoo pipes and a touch of JavaScript (which also includes using favicons): http://remysharp.com/2007/04/05/life-streams-with-yahoo-pipes-screencast/ The output is similar, but I think you've got more control over the output.

By: prisca

prisca — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:01:49 +0000

hi Paul ;)
another great podcast today ;) missing Marcus – but loving the full concentration on content ;)
Just thought I’d give people who are very new to FeedDigest-type services a link to a very basic and quick beginners tutorial I wrote a few weeks ago for my webdesign students – might come in handy :)
http://www.graphiceyedea.info/wordpress/?p=170
(note: not 100% sure here – but from what we could tell when going through the setup – FeedDigest no longer offer the 5 feeds for free, instead there is a trial period)

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:05:55 +0000

The reason I haven't talked about the Apple TV is because I will look like an Idiot :( I got composite and component muddled up and so the damn thing doesn't work with my old Sony TV! It's getting sent back.

By: Pete4Shapes

Pete4Shapes — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:05:11 +0000

hey! I'm reading Don't Make Me Think at the moment, interesting read which has definitely got me thinking :-) Another good podcast but I notice no mention of your Apple TV. Is it right? did I hear correctly on .net podcast. Seems like you have the Apple bug Paul. Personally I wasn't impressed with the reviews especially considering it offers so little for UK users but I'm hoping to hear your thoughts.