Comments on: Analytics According to Captain Kirk

By: Brian Mathers

Brian Mathers — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:52:45 +0000

This post is highly entertaining but I remember watching Matt Bailey deliver this presentation live and whilst being a Scotsman I just had to use the word awesome to describe watching this guy teach me analytics through such an entertaining slide deck. Catch him doing a gig somewhere and the impact sitting in the audience will blow you away.

And thanks to others who have commented here, highly entertaining, my my there are some serious future space cadets should this tv show ever return, but god help wardrobe if they don’t get the right colour of shirt for these guys!

By: Robotdoc03

Robotdoc03 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:39:09 +0000

Great analysis, but I have one question: In your section basic stats, you indicate 59 crewmembers died. The next section, you break down to color of shirts -> 6+5+4+43(red)=58. How can this be?

By: Bethesda Web Design

Bethesda Web Design — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:56:57 +0000

This is awesome. Thanks a ton!

By: Silly Bandz

Silly Bandz — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:02:49 +0000

This is interesting. I am amazed about how you used startrek as an analogy of Marketing.

By: Renaud Joly

Renaud Joly — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:43:42 +0000

I was in Lille Salon de Vente a Distance for Matt venue late 2009.
Thanks for a very pleasant conference about web analytics, and a drink in Le Monde Moderne.
Ready for SEO next time ?

By: Eric Troyer

Eric Troyer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:55:32 +0000

Wonderful stuff! You might want to add this link to the “Red Shirt Boogie Blues.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3NYvX90Vfk&NR=1

By: Josh @ iD Tech

Josh @ iD Tech — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:21:24 +0000

This is absolutely hilarious!!!! In fact I think it deserves its own Wikipedia page. Next, can you analyze the A-Team?!

By: Nightgaunt

Nightgaunt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:31:23 +0000

It must also be understood in the two pilots there were no red shirts used. “The Cage” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before” also in “Mirror Mirror” Sulu was security chief so he wore red (which fit him) better than command deck gold. Note Uhura word gold once in the series but otherwise wore red.

In the later series they didn’t follow the color code established which annoyed me no end.

On a curious side note, Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea had red suited crewmen who tended to die when ghosts, fossil men and aliens came aboard!

By: Jason Edwards

Jason Edwards — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:41:57 +0000

I was searching for statistics since I am taking an SPSS class. This was totally AWESOME.

By: Web Analytics PM

Web Analytics PM — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:59:47 +0000

LoL really cool idea this red shirt example from Star Trek

BTW: I have seen another quite interesting comparison of marketing topics with Star Trek here: http://christophercummings.com/blog/2009/05/12/your-blue-ocean-is-filled-with-tribbles/

cheers,
Thomas