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Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity
Twitter: usujason
- @muzicgirly oh, so @sandersitos designed a logo for me. he does good work.
- Perhaps I'm in the minority here (wouldn't be the first time) but in no way should freaking SEO drive product direction.
- @davidlcook cool. thanks.
- @foodieslut Juan in a Million
- COOL RT @RRS_ATL: RT @corryprohens:Blog post: interview w/Rudi Shumpert, host of the popular BeyondWebAnalytics podcasts: http://ow.ly/1gJLi
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About
about me
Age: Somewhere in my 30s
Marital Status: Taken
The Household: 1 Girl. 1 Boy. 2 Dogs.
Location: Utah
Occupation(s): Husband, Dad, Writer, Painter, Food Maker, Pianist, Photographer, Bassist, Dreamer, and Web Analytics Sherpa.
about empty mind [dot] org
For too long I’ve attempted to maintain a blog for other people, never for myself. I struggled with “what it should be about”, “what my focus is”, “blah blah blah”. I’ve decided that I no longer care to have a blog with one singular focus, with one intended audience, in fact I’ve intend this blog for me but if you get some value out of it then lets call it a bonus.
This is my place to collect my thoughts, my ideas, and my creations.
How did I come up with the name Empty Mind? Well, over the years, I’ll blame a college professor for this, I have developed a strong interest in Taoism and Buddhism. The past year I have been reading everything I could find on the subject and listening to a daily Buddhist podcast. Many people are confused, often myself included, on the paradoxes of Eastern thought. The empty mind is often thought of by us Westerners as being stupid, lazy, without thought, etc. However, if your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. This is how I see myself. Open to everything. Open to any possibility. Open to new experiences, new people, a new me.
What Is It You Do Here?
One thing that I have found very interesting in my post college life is that whenever you meet someone new they usually ask “so what is it you do?” Meaning, what is your day job? I usually answer this question with a matter-of-fact “I Don’t Know”. Why don’t I know? Easy, I don’t want to be defined by my day job. Sure I enjoy it but it doesn’t define who I am. I didn’t go to college to be a {___ Fill In Current Position Here ___}, it just happens to be what I’m doing now. When asked in interviews what my goals are, i.e. do you want to become our CIO? I answer “I Don’t Know” — which means I can really do anything, I’m truly open to everything.
One of my all time favorite movies is Fight Club and a line that Tyler says in that movie is forever burned into my memory: You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
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