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4 / ANALYTICS & ADMIN DASHBOARD

Personal Observatory

Live analytics and every website tool, in one private dashboard.

Personal Observatory: live globe, visitor statistics and website management, using sample data
THE IDEA

The private dashboard behind this website: live visitors on a 3D globe, privacy-friendly analytics and every content tool in one place.

I built Personal Observatory to replace a handful of third-party tools. A rotating Earth shows who is on the site right now, and first-party analytics show where visitors come from, what they read and how long they stay, without cookie banners or fingerprinting.

The same dashboard is where I read postcards and project requests, publish notes and reorder my bio links, so running the site takes minutes, not tabs.

  • Live visitors on a 3D globe with pinch zoom
  • Traffic sources, pages, devices and returning visitors
  • Visitor journeys and a real-time activity feed
  • Postcards and project requests with private notes
  • Notes editor, daily quotes and drag-to-reorder bio links
  • Light and dark themes, sounds and alerts
BACKEND

The admin dashboard

One private place to see who is visiting and to run the whole website. The screenshots use demo visitors and fictional messages.

Full-screen Personal Observatory globe with live visitors from four sites across the Americas, Europe and South America, using demo data
Full-screen globeThe globe expands to fill the screen. Tap a visitor to see their source, current page, time on site and journey, or fly to them.
Personal Observatory analytics with totals, a visitors chart, recent activity, pages, sources and devices, using demo data
AnalyticsVisitors, page views, sessions and active time, a visitors-over-time chart, recent activity, top pages, sources and devices.
Personal Observatory visitor list with aliases, locations, devices, sources and visit counts, using demo data
VisitorsEvery visitor gets a friendly alias, with location, device, source, latest page and whether they are new, returning or identified. Filter by site or country.
Personal Observatory sites page with four websites, their live, weekly and total visits, and the tracking tag, using demo data
SitesEvery website I track in one place: who is on each site right now, visits this week and since the start, and the one-line tag that adds another site.
Personal Observatory postcards inbox with unread and read messages, using demo data
PostcardsMessages from the website’s postcard form, with unread, read and archived states and one-click replies.
Personal Observatory project requests with one request open showing its brief, details, contact and status, using demo data
Project requestsRequests from the Let’s build page as a compact list. Opening one shows the brief and details beside contact buttons, status and private notes.
Personal Observatory note editor open as a pop-up in split view, with the Markdown on the left and a live preview on the right
NotesNotes as a searchable list with excerpts and dates. Each note opens in a pop-up editor with undo, image uploads compressed to WebP, a word count and a live preview.
Personal Observatory quotes view with today’s quotes and the quote catalogue
QuotesToday’s ten quotes for the website, picked from a searchable catalogue that I can edit.
Personal Observatory bio links list with drag handles and edit buttons
Bio linksOne compact list for the links page: drag to reorder, edit in place, hide a link or delete it after a confirmation.

Screenshots use demo data. Names, numbers and notes are fictional.

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