Chrome updates & traction

(NOTE: Originally published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/chrome-updates-traction-kevin-kostrzewa/)

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Analytics are fun.

My current obsession is determining how long it takes for a new major version of Google's Chrome browser to receive "traction" in the marketplace after it's been released.

Chrome's automatic update feature was an inspiration to my patent, so I could design desktop software that had multiple independent products, separately versioned, that allowed automatic updating of those products, even while being run in an enterprise.

When Chrome has a new major update, imagine millions of users randomly getting notifications to "please restart to realize the update".

What I wanted to know was how long from the first download of the new release to when the downloads had "traction" in the marketplace and usage had consistently overtaken the prior version.

Using some proprietary analytics that I can't share here, my back of the envelope calculations put that at 8 days. Admittedly, that's just for a single release that I tracked. I'll check that against future releases as well.

My next analytics flex will be on when the previous Chrome release is dead (or near dead) so the new version has dominance in the marketplace.

Both of these pieces of data are essential to determining when new front end development features (html, javascript) can and should be utilized in a piece of web software.

As an aside, I'm sure all of this data is publicly available by Google. I'm deliberately not looking it up yet because I want to solve the problem to make sure my tools and data set are in line with reality.

The best fucking salad on the planet

My current obsession is goat cheese, and my forever obsession is saving money.

With those two forces in play, I picked up a Garlic & Herb goat cheese from Aldi and a few other ingredients (mostly from Aldi, as it's my grocery of choice) to make, what I came to understand as "the best fucking salad on the planet"

The salad is vegetarian, not vegan, and since the goat cheese is the centerpiece of the dish, I'd have a hard time making it vegan.

It has walnuts, so avoid it if you are allergic.

This, as all of my cooking, was completely off the cuff & will likely change over time. Pear + vinaigrette = fundamental win, so that's not going away ever.

What

1. Handful of spinach, chopped
2. Handful of Napa cabbage, chopped (courtesy of Pacific Rim)
3. Radish, chopped matchstick size
4. White onion, chopped. I like fairly long thin chunks in my salad for texture. I blame society.
5. Garbanzo beans, drained (duh) handful
6. Half Bartlett pear, cubed
7.  Chopped Walnuts, handful
8. Flavored croutons, handful
9. 2 Roma tomatoes, thick cubes. 
10. Chunky salt
11. Garlic & herb goat cheese, 1oz. Chunk it up. Use more if you're feeling dangerous.
12. Greek vinaigrette dressing

How

1. Put the stuff together in order of ingredients, above
2. Make sure to salt your tomatoes. They will thank you.
3. Admire the bright red tomatoes. Damn, don't they look good?

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WIP

                                      

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