Garbage in, garbage out

Roger on 06/08/2017

I remember hearing the term “garbage in, garbage out” for the first time. It was the early nineties and I was studying A level computer science. The term was used to describe the limitations of computers, that if the data you put into a computer doesn’t make sense then you shouldn’t expect the output to make any sense either.

It’s an interesting principle that applies to a lot more than just computers.

Modern family films

Roger on 05/08/2017

I watched Despicable Me 3. Gru is married to Lucy and adoptive father to Margo, Edith and Agnes. Gru and Lucy are super secret agents working for the Anti Villan League until a mission goes wrong and they are fired. Then Gru’s long lost twin brother invites them all to the family mansion to tempt Gru back into a life of crime to steal the largest diamond in the world. Gru’s brother wants to make his father, the greatest super-villan who ever lived, proud of him. Gru goes along with the plan because he wants to return the diamond to the AVL to get his and Lucy’s jobs back to support their family.

It’s a film all about family. Just as Shrek is about friendship and forgiveness, Despicable Me is about trying to do the right thing for your family, supporting them, making them proud. A good kids film should have a fable-like theme that offers some kind of life lesson. 

Weeknotes #52

Roger on 04/08/2017

What happened this week…

  • Set up Christmas cards on the Online Shop.
  • Warehouse interfaces process mapping and workshop.
  • User experience research using Sessioncam to understand customer pain points.
  • Magento Development Project work for Facebook Shop and product feeds for advertising.
  • Advertising Analysis for July.
  • Working through the August Stock Monitoring actions to optimise our stock holding.
  • RMSP Key User Familiarisation for product set-up.

Read this week…

Doing next week…

  • Launching Christmas cards.
  • RMSP Interfaces Workshops.
  • More User Experience research using Sessioncam.
  • Magento Development Project Work for Donations.
  • RMSP Key User Familiarisation for creating products and taking orders.
  • Product development and logistics for CPR Training Kits.
  • Planning for Christmas card marketing.

Interesting stat of the week…

  • Comparing this week with the same week last year, Users up 53%, Sessions up 55%, Transactions up 50%, Average Order Value up 70% and Revenue up 155%. It’s been a good week.

In the not too distant future….

  • Selling tickets for The Beating Hearts Ball