User Agent Analysis – Part 2: Name those agents

In writing a system to parse the myriad of User Agent strings that appear in our podcast hosting logs, I have come across a number of interesting (on a very geeky level) observations. Short background is that I have sampled … Continue reading

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User Agent Analysis

As part of a suite of software tools we’re developing to analyse our disparate sources of tracking data, I have been looking at log files (e.g. those produced by Apache Web Server) and in particular, how to breakdown and analyse … Continue reading

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Feedback from Oxford Students (Part 2)

So far the data suggests that most listeners of Oxford’s podcasts are people outside of University of Oxford. Considering that a core activity of the University is teaching and learning, it is essential to explore whether and how the podcasts … Continue reading

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Feedback received by Academics

In the last two years, a number of items produced by Oxford academics have featured in the Top 10 iTunes U download chart. For example, a podcast series made by Marianne Talbot, ‘A Romp through the history of Philosophy’ has … Continue reading

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Basic Log File Analysis With Analog

A common technique for getting data summaries out of log files is to use a log file analyser. There are a small number of freely available applications that do this type of analysis, one of which is called Analog. This … Continue reading

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