Brian Mark - eCommerce Insider

As a CTO, I get to tackle everything from business automation to search marketing. As an integral member of a very quickly growing online business which is already on the Internet Retailer Top 500 list, I get to see emerging trends and technology and have become quite adjusted to living on the bleeding edge of technology and staying ahead of market demands as well as our online competitors.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Tennis Trakker Pro Stats


I recently got a new app for my iPod Touch to track stats. Since it wouldn't format well on the forum I was trying to share them on, I've listed them here.

Match Statistics by Tennis Trakker Pro
Event:Fun Match
Date recorded:2009 04 18 @ 14:02
Play time:2 hours - 14 min.
Brianvs.Dana
6Set 17
5Set 27
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
General Play
172Points played172
48% (82/172)Points won(90/172) 52%
52% (90/172)Points lost(82/172) 48%
(4/12)Break conversion(5/8)
(3/8)Break saved(8/12)
Serves
48% (42/87)1st serves in(50/84) 60%
69% (29/42)1st serves won(31/50) 62%
78% (35/45)2nd serves in(26/34) 76%
54% (19/35)2nd serves won(20/26) 77%
3Aces 1st serve0
3Aces 2nd serve0
0Foot faults0
10Double faults8
Ground game - Winners
20% (11/54)Forehand(6/37) 16%
5% (1/21)Backhand(1/16) 6%
50% (2/4)Volley(3/6) 50%
50% (1/2)Overhead(2/2) 100%
0% (0/1)Lob(1/1) 100%
100% (2/2)Drop shot(1/2) 50%
17Total winners14
Ground Game - Unforced Errors
48% (26/54)Forehand(12/37) 32%
38% (8/21)Backhand(8/16) 50%
25% (1/4)Volley(3/6) 50%
0% (0/2)Overhead(0/2) 0%
100% (1/1)Lob(0/1) 0%
0% (0/2)Drop shot(1/2) 50%
36Total Unforced24
Ground Game - Forced Errors
31% (17/54)Forehand(19/37) 51%
57% (12/21)Backhand(7/16) 44%
25% (1/4)Volley(0/6) 0%
50% (1/2)Overhead(0/2) 0%
0% (0/1)Lob(0/1) 0%
0% (0/2)Drop shot(0/2) 0%
31Total Forced26

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Matt Cutts makes Chrome sad :(
I tried playing Matt's latest video, and it turns out he only makes Chrome sad by doing so...


Anyway, it's really cool that chrome can kill flash within a tab without killing the tab, but I find that it has to do that quite often with YouTube content. Just one more reason I don't need to use YouTube. Maybe I should restart my browser more than every other week... nah!

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Monday, January 26, 2009
Survey with odd number arrangement
I got a survey from Sun about our not renewing MySQL support. That's fine, I can answer those types of questions, but please - don't make me think about it.


That just takes too much time to figure out what number I want to choose. Hopefully the database on the other end understands the confused responses.

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Friday, January 16, 2009
My son is a know-it-all
According to his report card, my son is a know-it-all.



I just love the wording for the checkbox at the bottom... "knows all"... CHECK

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Sunday, January 04, 2009
First Episode of Ecom Phenom Created

The first episode of Ecom Phenom has been created. We gave some general information on who we are, what the show is about, and what topics will be coming up.

We also set our schedule... 10pm Central on Sundays. You should be able to tune in live and even call in if you have questions. The live chat was pretty cool as well.

Overall, BlogTalkRadio was really awesome and made it easier than what I had been doing for shows recorded at night. I'm pretty happy so far.

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Monday, December 01, 2008
My big tall Christmas wishes
So Robert Garcia is having a little contest that looks like fun with some pretty simple rules and some great prizes.

My first wish: Leadership with a clue.
This wish shall be granted come January. At minimum, it'll be more of a clue than what we've had for the past 8 years.

Second wish: More time to develop a couple sites.
I have some sites in mind that would really help out the Church in general with some social aspects and ways to drive people back to the church. I think a lot of our problems in society come from the weakening of the church in many people's lives, and I'm really feeling a calling to build something on that side of things.

Third wish: Stable economy.
Much of what has been going on has been due to poor choices by a lot of people, but it feels like it's mostly up top. See first wish. ;)

Fourth wish: Better retirement for everyone.
Too many retired people have to get jobs these days, and that makes me sad. Retirement should be a time to enjoy grandchildren, see those places you've always wanted to go and just generally enjoy what's left of life, not start a new job or even a new career. Oh, and see first wish. ;)

Fifth wish: Easy green alternatives.
It's possible to go green in many things now, but it's a lot of work to find those alternatives. It should be easy to do something good, not take a ton of extra effort. It shouldn't be so hard to get from place to place without a huge carbon footprint. Enough said about the green, other than see first wish.

So, as part of the contest, I get to tag someone now. I'll tag my dad's Honest Bargain Blog, mostly because he's in need of links, but also because his wishes could prove quite interesting.

Don't wait for an invite, though. Join in today.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
What lunches sound the worst?
Sometimes, what you order sounds much worse than what you eat.


We nicknamed this the Chippendale special. The order was hot-and-naked with bowtie and a spicy sausage. It sounded very indecent and gave us all a bunch of laughs.

What else do we need to try that sounds really inappropriate?

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I did it!
After weeks and weeks of use, and a reboot this morning even, I finally did it. Yay Me!



Do I get a prize?

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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Changing the name of the blog
Since my blog has evolved from really being about online business and I want to write more about the insides of the eCommerce industry, I'm changing the blog's title. Not a big deal, but the blog is about me and what I see inside the world of eCommerce, so the new title seems to fit.

Oh, and I'm going to formally announce here that I'm working on putting together a weekly eCommerce show on WMR. I'm not leaving SEO 101, but rather adding to it. I think I have a guest host already lined up, but that's an announcement for another day.

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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Empty Space
Since we moved to a new data center from our old one, people have asked how much empty space we have. I mentioned we got more, but I never really said how much. The picture to the right should show you (sort of) how much space we got. I had to take 3 pictures and stitch them together (and I didn't spend much time doing it) since my phone couldn't get it all at once. Yes, we've finally got some room for expansion. I like expansion... that means more money I get to spend!!!

Oh, and we still have 1 Google Mini, 1 Database server and 1 web server to move over. It's getting closer to a fully functional death star... er... web star... er... something.

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My wife in the paper!
Congrats to my wife for making the paper - and for something positive. I wouldn't be mentioning if she made the police report. :)

That's a great game. Well done! I'm still waiting for that 300, though.

(P.S. That's not her picture... just her name circled below.)

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Monday, September 15, 2008
Spell check your ads!
I can't tell you how many times I see ads like below:


Sorry, but resultes isn't a word. If you don't spell check your ads, how do you think you'll ever attract an intelligent customer? Or, is that the point... a fool and their money?

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