scottandjames
Re:Busyness is Not a Virtue
on Friday April 12, 2013 @06:30PM (#5541483)
I love that you quoted the Phantom Tollbooth.
"If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you’ll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult."
That's the organizing hierarchy I use to schedule my day. Doing the most important thing first means I feel a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, no matter what else I did not get through. It works better than "I'll do this one thing real quick" or the easiest/hardest first, or even the one that is due the soonest.
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Re:Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Give Real-time Analytics
on Thursday January 10, 2013 @04:48PM (#5039999)
Agreed- seeing real-time changes are helpful to respond to drop-offs or spikes.
Also, if you are aware of the general trend of Tuesdays being higher traffic/results than Saturdays (to take his Etsy example) and don't take those to heart around product decisions, then watching real-time numbers to respond to changes as they happen can help you hop on waves with supplemental content or messaging.