"The mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance. He who is theoretic as well as practical, is therefore doubly armed; able not only to prove the propriety of his design, but equally so to carry it into execution."
The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, trans. Joseph Gwilt (London, 1826), pp 3-4
Should be “three clicks and you’re done!” I’ve made two corrections.
This is an excellent blog. I congratulate the author.
Ali,
I appreciate the complement . I hope the blog helps the biomedical engineering and biomedical engineering technology students understand the field of engineering a little better and meet their career goals.
Joaquin
Results are in for the last three months and the blog’s net promoter score is 50%. According to Richard Reichelds marketing theory that means that more people are likely to recommend this blog to their friends than ignore it. The score is a positive sign that I am on the right track and hitting the mark for this niche. There is still room to get better. Apple for instance has NPS scores in the upper 70’s. My stats have indicated relatively steady growth in traffic over the past three months. Its hard to make a call yet given that we just went through the holidays. Anecdotally it appears from the statistics that when finals came along there was a sharp drop in the number of hits on this site. The holidays also took a toll on traffic. Looks like BME and BMET students take their coursework and holidays seriously!
Joaquin
Hi, I congratulate you on the idea of doing a Net Promoter Score on your site, but you should really use an 11-point scale for complete accuracy. 0 -10! Hope this 2-minute guide to the Net Promoter Score helps: http://customergauge.com/wordpress/?p=42 regards Adam
I would have except I didn’t see a good way of doing it without filling half a page using Polldaddy. However, aesthetics aside you make a good point and I will definitely change it to an 11 point system in the near future.
Thanks,
Joaquin
The update from 5 to 11 point system has been indefinitely delayed.
Thanks,
Joaquin