While at the emetrics conference earlier this week I had the chance to sit down with Jeffrey Veen, just a few minutes after he unveiled Google Analytics Version 2 to the world. I recorded our conversation and am pleased to present our first PodCast™ below.

Jeffrey is UI Design Manager at Google, formerly of Adaptive Path, and author of The Art & Science of Web Design. Jeffrey is very well known and respected for his design work, and his impact is very clear in the fantastic UI advances in the new GA version.

In our 12 min talk, we covered:

• The design and usability goals and process they used to improve them
• The presentation of 'related data' on report screens
• New segmentation abilities
• Report distribution features
• New date selection and data-range features

Before you listen, I must admit that it sounds very much like I called him Jeffrey Been (which I may have although I knew his name long before that day - if so offer my apologies) but I assure you his name is Jeffrey Veen.

To listen, either click the Play button or download the MP3.

I've had only a few minutes with the new version myself since then, and hope to share some more thoughts soon. There is extensive coverage from other bloggers, including a pretty detailed look from Avinash Kaushik. UPDATE: Full round-up of coverage is here.