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#029: (Reflections on) The History of Digital Analytics with Jim Sterne

#029: (Reflections on) The History of Digital Analytics with Jim Sterne

FromThe Analytics Power Hour


#029: (Reflections on) The History of Digital Analytics with Jim Sterne

FromThe Analytics Power Hour

ratings:
Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Philosopher, poet, and essayist George Santayana wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." We thought we'd have him on to reflect about the history of digital analytics...but he died in 1952. Ambrose Bierce wrote The Devil's Dictionary, which we think is brilliant, so we thought we would have him on...but he died in 1842! Lucky for us, we landed the best of both worlds with very-much-alive philosopher, poet, essayist, DAA founder and chairman, and eMetrics founder Jim Sterne.
People, places, and things mentioned in this episode officially ran a full, certifiable gamut:

The Devil's Data Dictionary
The Digital Analytics Association (DAA)
eMetrics
The Web Analyst's Code of Ethics
Some "web analytics" platforms: Sawmill (still going strong!), Analog (less so), NetGenesis (verymuchlessso)
The IAB
The DMA
A bunch of people (or, in one case, an archetype, and, in another a conscious, gestalt, artificial intelligence system): Krista Seiden, Seth Romanow, Eric Peterson, June Li, Stéphane Hamel, Josh Aberant, HiPPOs, Skynet
Released:
Feb 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Attend any conference for any topic and you will hear people saying after that the best and most informative discussions happened in the bar after the show. Read any business magazine and you will find an article saying something along the lines of "Business Analytics is the hottest job category out there, and there is a significant lack of people, process and best practice." In this case the conference was eMetrics, the bar was….multiple, and the attendees were Michael Helbling, Tim Wilson and Jim Cain (Co-Host Emeritus). After a few pints and a few hours of discussion about the cutting edge of digital analytics, they realized they might have something to contribute back to the community. This podcast is one of those contributions. Each episode is a closed topic and an open forum - the goal is for listeners to enjoy listening to Michael, Tim, and Moe share their thoughts and experiences and hopefully take away something to try at work the next day. We hope you enjoy listening to the Digital Analytics Power Hour.