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Blog Note: Part 6 - Blog migration underway (cont.)

This post combines the summary I provided to blog member activity in part 3 of this series with the notes I took last year while working through the initial steps of my Typepad to Ghost migration. As mentioned in part 5 of this series, my suspicions last year that Typepad

Blog Note: Part 5 - Blog migration underway (cont.)

Last year, I mentioned in a post that I was working to migrate my blog from its longtime host, Typepad, to its new host, Ghost, and as such, my blog was under construction. Unfortunately, I came to find that the migration process is more challenging than expected, reprioritizing my time

Blog Note: Part 4 - Blog tagline has been updated

In addition to migrating this blog from Typepad to Ghost, additional changes are coming. For example, I'll be sunsetting some older posts which haven't aged so well along the way. In my recently refreshed LinkedIn profile, I mentioned that I've been a longtime writer

Blog Note: Part 3 - Blog migration underway

Thank you for visiting this version of my blog, which is currently under construction. I am working to migrate my blog from its longtime host, Typepad, to its new host, Ghost. The key reasons I've chosen to migrate to Ghost are as follows: * As of year-end 2020, Typepad

Blog Note: Part 2 - Blog post categories consolidation

Blog post categories have been consolidated as follows, reflected in the nearby category cloud. Goals: simplify across the board into less than 20 categories, and update terminology. analytics ==> data analytics ==> blog note android architecture blog note book reading list book review book review solicited case study community conferences

Blog Note: Part 1 - Blog posting hiatus due to new role

Thank you to all of my readers for your patience. Some of you have reached out to me inquiring about my lack of posts over the past five months, and I am writing to let you know that I am back, albeit perhaps to a limit extent relative to my

Google Analytics: 50k Pageview Milestone

According to Google Analytics, pageviews for this blog hit the 50k milestone on February 2, 2017. Below is a geo location plot based on city locations of visitors. The following are the top-10 cities of origin: (1) New York, (2) Chicago, (3) London, (4) Bengaluru, (5) Sydney, (6) Toronto, (7)

Google Analytics: 40k pageviews

According to the Google Analytics account I set up for this blog roughly 5.5 years ago, a threshold has just recently been crossed: 40,000 page views. About 1.5 years ago, I reported that the 30,000 page view threshold had been passed by visitors from 145 countries

Google Analytics: 4 Years, 30k pageviews, 145 Countries

According to the Google Analytics account I set up for this blog roughly 4 years ago, two thresholds have just been crossed: 30,000 page views by visitors from 145 countries. About 6 months ago, I reported that the 25,000 page view threshold had been passed by visitors from

Google Analytics: 3.5 Years, 25k pageviews, 135 Countries

While reviewing my posts which are still in a draft state, I noticed that I still had not yet submitted a post on the recently reached trifecta of milestones for this blog: the 3.5-year anniversary of setting up Google Analytics (this history of this blog stretches back another 6