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    Google Art Project – Chrome Extension

    As my career progresses, I see more apps and services which try to invade my space.  Notifications, emails, alerts...everyone wants a piece of me.  And I'll level with you:  they drive me mad.  I want the least amount of interruptions as possible and I want the...

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    JavaScript Battery API: Promises

    Working at Mozilla has afforded me the time to look at new APIs, one of them being the Battery API.  I wrote about the Battery API a while back, when the API was fresh into browsers.  Since then the Battery API has changed, implementing a promise-based...

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    Font Smoothing in Webkit and Firefox

    I don't pretend to be a typography or design expert -- I just know what looks good and what doesn't.  A few years ago I saw a few CSS properties I didn't recognize and when I toggled them on and off, the text went from beautiful to...not...

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    Remove UTM Parameters from URLs

    If you've ever worked on a social media campaign, you're probably familiar with the UTM tracking pieces of a URL which allow you to tie visits and pageviews with a given campaign.  They're a marketing person's dream but ugly for end users to look at.  And if you don't want your statistics...

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    Detecting Google Universal Analytics

    Just about everyone uses Google Analytics and why shouldn't they?  The amount of useful data you can pull from Google Analytics, especially if you use custom dimensions, is amazing.  Whether you're A/B testing, trying to increase engagement, or improve sales, Google Analytics is just about perfect. I recently experimented with...

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    Using Events to Improve Bounce Rate in Google Analytics

    The bounce rate cited by Google Analytics for this blog has always been high and it's been discouraging.  Having a high bounce rate is bad, right?  Or does that mean someone found what they needed and left, which would be a win?  I'm not sure, but...

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    Track JavaScript Errors with Google Analytics

    Google Analytics has always been more than a hit counter and demographic tool -- you could build a career out of being a Google Analytics analyst.  You can measure ad campaign effectiveness, track how far into a desired page flow (think advertisement to cart to checkout)...

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    Google Analytics Debugging with ga_debug.js

    Google Analytics and its API is a beacon of awesomeness and immense stat tracking power, but for the longest time I was using some of its features, like event tracking, and simply taking Google's word for it that things were working correctly.  Of course none of...

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    Install Chrome Store Web Apps with JavaScript

    Being able to install Firefox OS web apps from any domain, not just the platform app store, is a giant step forward in mobile app marketing and freedom.  Firefox OS allows installing apps from any or all domains, and it just so happens that...

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    Prevent Robot Indexing with Response Headers

    Every so often you have parts of your website that would be better off not indexed by search engines.  API calls, search result pages, PDF documents -- all examples of responses which may not have value outside of the current user.  No we all know we...