Sarah DeAtley
information + analysis + design
July 22, 2009 at 8:39 pm
filed under General
Tagged chopsticks, dim sum, first time, google analytics, light rail, reporting, web analytics, wireframes, ZAAZ
I’m really tired so this will be the quick and dirty version as my geometry teacher used to say. Today was a really long, but really productive day from a personal and work perspective. I will summarize below.
- First group lunch with a bunch of people from the analytics team. Really fun hanging out and I got to have dim sum, which leads to…
- First time successfully using chopsticks! I seriously failed at this all my life until today and then I just randomly got the hang of it.
- Finally put into practice what I preach, and created a wireframe (in PPT) of a scorecard based on what I thought would be a good layout. I tried to include the top KPIs in a prominent location, visual representations of the data, and a clean and simple layout that I think reflects the whole “people read along the lines of the letter ‘F’” thing. Then once I got manager approval I created a more hi-fi representation in Excel. I think its ultimately a time saver like sketching is in UX, if its a wireframe, people aren’t going to ask me to change every box line and color, and will pay more attention to the organization and structure.
- Got to play with making advanced segments in Google Analytics for social media. Will probably post more on that at a later date.
- First time eating cocktail buns, which sadly, do not contain alcohol.
- Rode on the new Seattle light rail in the tunnel. It was very fast, clean, and convenient! Now if only it went to more useful places…
Now I just want to sleep, but I am moving this weekend, so I must pack instead. And tomorrow is the first day at Microsoft (due to bosses being on vacation forever), and game #2 for FC ZAAZ 99!
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