UploadScreenshot.com Stats
I implemented a custom stats tracking feature on UploadScreenshot.com a couple of months which allows me to track image load data, even without pageviews. The system works by loading each image dynamically and updating a database with the relevant information.
Below is a screenshot of the current site stats, click on it to enlarge it. It shows approximately 15,000 image loads per day, viewed by ~9,000 unique people, across ~220 unique websites.
The site also received a bit of love in the design department in the last couple of weeks, with some CSS clean up and a new logo.
Update April 23rd, 2010:
Office Pics
I just snapped a few pics of the office. It works really well for us, with plenty of space to work on our various projects. It is usually very bright in the office thanks to the 6ft+ tall windows, but today was one of very few overcast days here in Austin.
UploadScreenshot.com Firefox Add-On Usage Grows!
The Firefox add-on for UploadScreenshot.com went public (out of beta) a week or so ago, and the number of daily downloads has since shot up to around 90+ from 7 per day. As a result, the active daily user base for the add-on has increased and seems to be further increasing rapidly.
Add-on users represent a small number of the visitors to UploadScreenshot but account for almost 1/4 of all uploads. Further add-on usage growth will result in more site growth, and vice-versa.
We completed the API last week, which allows others to develop applications that upload to the site. Now we're working on a chrome extension so that we can extend our reach to more users.
Update April 13th 2010:
The number of daily active users of the add-on continues to grow, with 928 today!
Update April 17th 2010:
The number of daily active users of the add-on continues to grow, with 1248 today!
Left 4 Dead 2 On PC
I've not played any games for about 6 months, but decided to download "Left 4 Dead 2" from Steam on Friday night. Since then, and it is only Sunday now, I've played for about 16 hours.
The co-operative team play makes for a very fun and engaging experience. You can't just run around and do your own thing in this game, you have to keep an eye on your team mates and work together in order to beat the levels.
Below are two game play videos that I recorded of the game-play. The 5mbit/sec versions will load fairly quickly for most users, but they don't depict the game's graphics very well. The 15mbit/sec versions depict the graphics quality much more accurately but require a fast (20mbit+) internet connection, or a lot of buffering time.
Be sure to click the full-screen button on the video player.
Google Fiber, Hoping It Comes To Austin
I'm really hoping that Google Fiber will come to Austin, TX. It looks like we certainly had a lot of people contact Google to express their interest.
Bandwidth in Austin is disproportionately more expensive than Dallas and Houston which have some of the cheapest bandwidth in the country because they are very well connected cities.
I'd love to setup a new build office block here in Austin which offered bandwidth to small businesses at affordable prices. Lots of small companies like mine need to upload and download the occasional 5 gig file and it takes hours on the overpriced cable connection.
