It has never been easier to capture, edit, and share video. There is a huge range of video camera options from expensive high quality digital to the small, affordable, fit in your pocket variety. While not incredibly sophisticated, both windows and mac users have access to free video editing software. Finally, with services like youtube […]
The Gist: Survey Monkey
The Gist will be a regular series at FreshSpectrum.com providing brief overviews of potentially useful applications for researchers, evaluators, and academics. Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com What is it? Survey Monkey is your run of the mill web survey application. How much? Three pricing levels. Free, $19.95/month, $200/year. The stripped down free version only allows up to 10 […]
One way that communication on the web is different…
How do you use the telephone to communicate? I know, silly question. You just pick up the phone, dial a number, and speak. Now, how do you use the web to communicate? You can send an email, use Google chat, make a video call with Skype, write a blog post, write a comment on a […]
Time to Google yourself
It was not all that long ago that the idea of searching for yourself in Google seemed no more than a novelty for most people. But today, every professional should at least know what happens when they are Googled. Here are some reasons why: Resumes and CVs are important, but so is what you look […]
Why the Webcast?
By now you have probably sat through your fair share of webcasts. If your experience is anything like my own, you have seen a few good ones and many bad ones. So what makes a web presentation go so wrong? I would say its often the choice of the format in the first place. Have […]
Blogging, who has the time?
The idea of writing a blog can be intimidating. Many of the most popular blogs are updated daily, or even multiple times a day. For most academics and research professionals, this type of schedule often just does not work. Luckily, it doesn’t have to. Here are some tips for creating a successful blog, or becoming […]