While the best blogs are consistently updated with fresh content, blogrolls are often just a stagnant list of friends and sites with similar themes. As a reader, it’s hard to put too much stock in these kinds of lists. There is usually very little to describe the content or post frequency and many blogs live […]
Week's End Links June 18, 2010
The Atlantic: Mint.com Cites Racist Website in Anti-Immigrant Post In this article, the author critiques both the intent and the data quality of an infographic posted on Mint.com. FlowingData: Maps and data score big grants from Knight News Challenge It’s nice to see innovative ideas receiving funding. There are definitely a few here to keep […]
Data Story Telling: Carroll County, MD and White Segregation
One of the most promising features of the web for researchers is the ever increasing availability of downloadable data. Along with this we have also seen a rise in the number of applications available to sift through the sets, find meaning, and present to the world. If you follow the newest trends you have […]
Slideshare and Slidecasting
I wrote a post on Slideshare and Slidecasting for the AEA365 blog. You can read it here: http://aea365.org/blog/?p=965
Critiquing the Infographic: “How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online”
As a research analyst and “data” guy, I am a big fan of Infographics and Data Visualizations. But like everything else you can find just as many bad examples as good ones. The following infographic was designed by David McCandless for the blog Information is Beautiful. Since its publication in early April, the graphic has […]
FreshSpectrum.com Toons: Facebook for Researchers
Time for a change…
I think one of the great things about the web is that it is filled with passionate bloggers. That’s passionate bloggers, not people passionate about blogging. What’s the difference? To be a passionate blogger you just need to be passionate about your subject. If you are, then chances are much better that you will keep […]
Few Quick PDF Tools/Tips
My post frequency has really taken a hit recently. My wife and I have purchased a new home and are in the midst of a move. I promise more content as things begin to settle down, but until that happens here are a few PDF tools/tips that might find useful. CutePDF: Free to download. Basically […]
Fresh Spectrum Toons: #1
First in what I hope will become a series of cartoons…
Web Perspectives: Amy A. Germuth on Evaluation Blogging
Web Perspectives is a new ongoing series for FreshSpectrum.com. For this series I will interview researchers, evaluators, and academics to learn about their professional experiences with the web. Amy A. Germuth is President of EvalWorks, LLC a woman-owned small evaluation and survey research consulting business in Durham, NC. She blogs at EvalThoughts.com First off, would […]
The Gist: SurveyGizmo
The Gist will be a regular series at FreshSpectrum.com providing brief overviews of potentially useful applications for researchers, evaluators, and academics. Note: I am not an affiliate and have not accepted money for reviewing any application. Link: http://www.surveygizmo.com What is it? SurveyGizmo is a web-based survey application. How much? Five pricing levels. Free, $19/mo (Personal), […]
Moving Beyond the Slides: Video Presentations
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 […]