Leaving LunaMetrics - PSA

My time as an "employee" is over. I am leaving LunaMetrics to run BusinessHut.com full-time.

My most recent employer was LunaMetrics, a Google Analytics Authorized Consultant (GAAC), from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In my time there, I held the title of Web Analyst. This meant I was responsible for installing and configuring Google Analytics on client accounts. After the analytics code was installed, and data collected, I would analyze the information for actionable insights.

LunaMetrics really got me entrenched in the Google Analytics world. That's why it's now the main focus of my business. I am also adding web marketing to my arsenal of services. With my newfound knowledge of search engine optimization and Google AdWords (Pay-Per-Click), I hope to help many more small businesses in the Pittsburgh area.

My first day as a full-time business owner was St. Patty's day, 2008, and this week has been incredibly busy. I thought quitting my job would give me tons of free time, but I've really been able to fill it. Sprucing up the website, organizing the office, getting the accounting done, is taking much longer than I thought. Oh, and I need to do the work my customers are actually paying me for.

Overall, life after LunaMetrics is pretty much how I expected. I miss having coworkers, but I don't miss traffic a bit. Plus, my nights can now be spent with my family instead of moonlighting. I just hope I can keep it up.


- Jason Green

Google Pittsburgh - Dapper

The Pittsburgh Google office is having a technical event on Tuesday, March 4th. It looks like this will be a very technical discussion. They'll be discussing "Dapper", which is a system for monitoring large, distributed applications at Google.

The title of the talk is "Dapper: It's 11 p.m. and do you know where your RPC is?"

Bonus: There will be beer, wine, and snacks.

I may attend mostly to have a look at our Pittsburgh Google office, and to meet some of the local Googlers. I was lucky to attend a seminar at Google's Mountain View headquarters, and it was a great experience. Avinash Kaushik probably has the most detailed description of the Googleplex, so I'll defer to him to explain how cool it is.

If you plan to attend this Pittsburgh event, please drop me a line. Perhaps we could meet up.