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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Code Jam ColumbusLink visible for attendees
An Evening of Kibitzing and Coding.
Columbus Code Jam is a casual meetup to pair on cool projects, to get one-on-one guidance from experienced developers & sys admins, to network, learn, and eat pizza.
Twitter: @CodeJamCMH
Some topics we've discussed while hacking:
Git Workflows for moving from single-developers to small teams.
Modelling tree structures in RDBMS tables and the SQL to query them.
Computing in the bad-old-days of dial-up.
What are the IT needs of a small not-for-profit foundation looking to create an informational web site for foundation members/subscribers?
How often does one need to collect data samples to monitor the performance of an application.
Demonstrating the difference between 'programming' and 'coding' by deriving an algorithm to sort a list of numbers.
Where can an entrepreneur go in Columbus to find technical resources and/or investors.
What additional tools and skills are needed to go from an HTML/CSS/JS prototype to a full-featured application.
How to refactor large methods into several smaller methods in a Rails Model.
What kinds of web site analytics are available for word press sites?
What are some good online resources for a single-founder software startup dealing with marketing and launching software products?
Come and add your voice and language to the conversation.
Please RSVP so that we can ensure that there are enough refreshments for everybody.
Refreshments for Columbus Code Jam are provided by Len Jaffe. Are you interested in sponsoring Code Jam? Contact Len Jaffe for details.
Columbus Code Jam is brought to you by: The Nest Theatre, Ohio Roller Derby (http://www.ohiorollerderby.com/), Columbus Perl Underground, and a nice hot cup of coffee.
- Data & Analytics Wednesday - User Tracking TechnologyRev1 Ventures, Columbus, OH
User Tracking Technology and the Browser
There may be hundreds of different analytics platforms out there, but there’s only a handful of ways that these tools identify visitors who don’t identify themselves. There are only four basic method that analytics tools use to track anonymous visitors:
- Cookies
- IP address and User-Agent (IP+UA)
- Browser Fingerprinting
- HTTP referrer
But just one of these methods — cookies — is based upon a technology being used as designed!
When and why are methods other than cookies used?
Are there security concerns with some of these methods?
If I use something other than cookies does it affect how I ask for consent?
After Jason Packer discusses the basics of these methods, Piotr Słonina from Piwik PRO will talk about the different ways these can be used in Piwik PRO and how these choices tie into consent and server-side setups.
NOTE: while we will be discussing this technology in the context of Piwik PRO, the talk overall will be platform agnostic.
If you want to learn more about Piwik PRO in detail, please register for our Piwik PRO seminar happening the following day!
All CBUSDAW events are free thanks to our 2025 Sponsors: Clarivoy, Conductrics, What Box Consulting Group, and Piwik PRO.
Check out cbusdaw.com for more information.
