QG Software & 5pm Blog

What is a better time to announce our new product - 5pm™ - than Friday at 5:00 pm.

5pm™ is the next generation of our project management software. Manage your teams and tasks, work efficiently and be done by 5pm™!

More details on www.5pmweb.com

CrazyEgg just entered the crowded market of Website analysis tools, despite the presence of a 800-pound gorilla in the room (Google Analytics). We’ve been using Analytics along with other tools, ranging from classic StatsCounter.com to sophisticated desktop applications like ClickTracks.com.

Considering that Analytics is free and also integrates with Google AdWords, why even bother checking another tool? The answer is simple - it’s different.

CrazyEgg is pretty light, and has two main tools - site overlay and heatmap. The first option is available in Analytics but the second one is pretty interesting. The heatmap color codes where exactly the users click on your page. Here is a quote from MicroISV on a Shoestring blog:

“Incidentally, if you’re wondering “Why does Crazyegg report different data than Analytics?”, the answer is that CrazyEgg tracks clicks on a per-coordinate basis and Analytics tracks them on a per-URL basis.”

This will give you a new angle of view on your stats.

The free version of CrazyEgg will track up to 4 pages, 5000 clicks/month. The setup is easy, so go ahead and check it in action!

P.S. These guys also have a great sense of humor.

- Sergei

The interview lasts for an hour, but it’s worth it. Joel and his partner, Michael Pryor, share their thoughts and plans on Fog Creek Software.

Those who have read “Joel on Software” and “Founders at Work” will be familiar with most of the things discussed. Joel also covered some new topics like the next release of FogBugz. The most interesting detail is the plan for offering the hosted version of Fog Bugz – a very common trend in web2.0 world.

Joel nicely blends the old traditional practices and the new trends. He got some years under his belt working on software development, and it gives him a certain perspective on things.

Definitely worth listening to. Don’t mind the random people walking casually behind the scene.

Check the interview here.

- Sergei