{"id":115,"date":"2014-12-17T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2014\/12\/17\/i-am-terrible-at-analytics\/"},"modified":"2014-12-17T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:45:00","slug":"i-am-terrible-at-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2014\/12\/17\/i-am-terrible-at-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Terrible at Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, Bob, I gave a well-received Ignite presentation on our <a href=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/foodrobot\/\">Homebrew Cat Feeding Robot<\/a> setup in early 2012. Afterward, I also set up a web page, with every intention of updating it as we iterated through future versions:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/foodrobot\/\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RcqCBCT-EqM\/VJH4N8XyYzI\/AAAAAAABx2I\/Z13CA2Ir_FM\/s400\/fr-web.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, Bob, that web page has not been updated. Sorry, ladies. But see below for how Food Robot evolved from early 2013 to our current setup. Can you spot the differences?<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7MOsQRIg_yc\/VJH3jJm3PvI\/AAAAAAABx14\/aDgHyxbAJvM\/s1600\/foodrobot-evolution-2013.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7MOsQRIg_yc\/VJH3jJm3PvI\/AAAAAAABx14\/aDgHyxbAJvM\/s400\/foodrobot-evolution-2013.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-mutBqrLk8a0\/VJH3tYKcHLI\/AAAAAAABx2A\/b-MDeqdhbGQ\/s1600\/IMG_0597.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-mutBqrLk8a0\/VJH3tYKcHLI\/AAAAAAABx2A\/b-MDeqdhbGQ\/s400\/IMG_0597.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Back to the outdated web page. In my defense, it&#8217;s not really that popular. Look at this Google Analytics report. Almost three years and barely 400 pageviews? Weaksauce, man:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mJd15AxUegA\/VJH4YmLOqGI\/AAAAAAABx2Q\/d9r2QYvM9Nw\/s1600\/fr-goog-anal.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mJd15AxUegA\/VJH4YmLOqGI\/AAAAAAABx2Q\/d9r2QYvM9Nw\/s400\/fr-goog-anal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Oddly enough, according to Slideshare, German <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderland.com\/LooneyLabs\/Chrononauts\/Mysteries.html#1\">fairgoers<\/a> love cat feeding robots:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vs5awLNy8fo\/VJH4jGREzlI\/AAAAAAABx2Y\/8qmfzsot76Q\/s1600\/fr-slides-views.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vs5awLNy8fo\/VJH4jGREzlI\/AAAAAAABx2Y\/8qmfzsot76Q\/s400\/fr-slides-views.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On the gripping hand, I&#8217;m wondering whether this should be more of a community site. Companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/bistro-a-smart-feeder-recognizes-your-cat-s-face\">Bistro<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petnet.io\/\">Petnet<\/a> (formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/feed-your-pet-from-your-phone-with-pintofeed\">Pintofeed<\/a>) are working on product-izing food robots, but I&#8217;ve also seen plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/hacknmod.com\/hack\/internet-enabled-pet-feeder\/\">really<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/littlebits.cc\/projects\/remote-pet-feeder\">creative<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/ZBJvJ\">DIY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogouillage.net\/2013\/05\/diy-cat-feeder-v20.html\">setups<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/l2OkOEffdp0\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a friend of a friend posted this just yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\">\n<p>food robot v0.5. now with more diameter, a velocity-dampening bend, and somehow, more duct tape. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trevordbabcock\">@trevordbabcock<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/3deEE43byo\">pic.twitter.com\/3deEE43byo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; rejennarate (@rejennarate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rejennarate\/status\/545082832100417537\">December 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clearly there is a (WAIT FOR IT) <i>hunger<\/i> for cat feeding robots and discussion thereof. And the domain <b>foodrobot.org<\/b> is available&#8230; hmm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"Curtis\" title=\"Curtis\" border=\"0\" height=\"32\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, Bob, I gave a well-received Ignite presentation on our Homebrew Cat Feeding Robot setup in early 2012. 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