Web Logs Finally Meet Sim City

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Web Logs Finally Meet Sim City

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday June 9, 2004 @05:08AM from the building-interactivity dept.

l0rd writes "A good piece on wired says : A few games of Roller Coaster Tycoon don't usually translate into productive work, but for one developer the diversion planted the seed for making website analysis more intuitive. Several years after playing those inspirational games, Robert Savage came up with VisitorVille, a website-traffic analysis package that essentially crosses the DNA of SimCity with that of the traditional chart- and graph-centric tools businesses have long been using. Screenshots included."

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SimDisaster by zenetik · 2004-06-09 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

It's all fun and games until a SimTornado comes and wipes out your city.
Slashdot Effect? by protolith · 2004-06-09 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Would it appear as a swarm of locust?
the city that never sleeps by GillBates0 · 2004-06-09 05:15 · Score: 5, Funny

A company's entire Web presence is seen as an urban or suburban neighborhood, with each individual Web page presented as a building. The more visitors on a site, the taller the buildings, and the brighter the lights on each floor.
Visitorville's sure in for some real skyrises and bright lights today...here we come :)

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Damn Kids! by Dorf+on+Perl · 2004-06-09 05:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Get those damn kids off of about.html's grass!! Get outta here, you whippersnappers! Why, when I was your age, we more'd through NSCA logs by hand and we liked it!
My favorite new running metaphor! by teamhasnoi · 2004-06-09 05:28 · Score: 5, Funny

"That's the 15th 'Slashdot' bus I've seen this morning! Is there a Fat Virgin Convention in town? I have to get my ass to work!"
"I know, not only have they plugged all the streets, but they're filling every coffee shop. I tried to get a biscotti this morning and I couldn't even get to the counter! They were just pushing and shoving to get to the counter, and then they'd just read the menu and leave. Bastards who did order just got a cup of coffee, then dumped it on the floor. Bastards."
"Yeah, the Mayor ought to do something, maybe put up signs for Slashdot tourists that send them to TubGirl town, or Goatseville. One sight of those neighborhoods would get their asses out of here..."
"Who lives there, anyway?"
"Trust me, you don't want to know..."
Re:Slashdot by mackman · 2004-06-09 05:38 · Score: 5, Funny

Actually, in the Wired screenshots you see people arrive from askjeves.com in a bus with the askjeves.comlogo on the top. I would immagine /. would look more like that scene in Troy of the 10,000 boats arriving full of angry soldiers.