\u201cDesign Machines: How to Survive the Digital Apocalypse\u201d<\/a> when he describes analytics as \u201chav[ing] seem\u00ading\u00adly god-like access to the ways peo\u00adple use our prod\u00aducts\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nWith analytics, we\u2019re given information like where our users are located, what content they like to interact with, and what devices they use to get to our sites. It\u2019s like using a highly-developed, electronic, statistically justified Magic 8 ball. (Okay, so it\u2019s nothing like using a Magic 8 ball.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In saying so, now that I\u2019ve seen last week\u2019s stats regarding which devices are being used to visit the blog, I know that I should give more thought into what it\u2019s like to visit Moods & Mixtapes via a mobile device.\u00a0
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YOU’RE JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Although, as life-changing and beneficial as it all sounds, I need to remember to not get too ahead of myself. As Gertz bluntly puts it, \u201cmet\u00adrics are the internet\u2019s hero\u00adin\u201d. And despite how absolute we may think the numbers are, they cannot always be trusted. We can\u2019t just be making all of these changes just because the data led us to think they were necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take it all with a grain of salt, I suppose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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