Being a tech savvy research analyst, I’ve created my fair share of web surveys using all sorts of applications. The free programs (with the exception of LimeSurvey) are mostly stripped down trial versions of plan based applications. The next, and most mainstream, line of applications usually fall within the $20 a month price range, a […]
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Learning from the Web’s Past: Five Lessons Gleaned from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
Preservation of an ever changing digital world is a serious challenge. While traditionally published books can sit on shelves for years, and physically preserved for centuries, digital works can be deleted in a flash and constantly altered. For those that believe in the value of history, preservation of these works is a challenge worth taking. […]
Moving Beyond the Webinar: Four Approaches to Take Your Web Presentation to the Next Level
How often do you find yourself participating in a webinar where the presenter drones on for an hour then finishes with no time for questions? You start to wonder, why not just record the thing and let the audience decide when they want to watch? Oh, that’s right, because if the recording is just a […]
My new goal, less posts higher quality
This will be the last week of daily posts (at least for the near future). This blog will stay active. I’m just going to devote more energy into the creation of better posts. So, stay tuned, I have some big plans.
Copyright laws and kale
One day historians are going to look back at this era as the time in which the notion of intellectual property met its toughest challenge (or maybe even the time in which it was turned on its head). We see skirmishes taking place in the ongoing tech patent cold war, political battles against “piracy” […]
Mass survey reminder emails are inadequate
Email blasts are often not enough to get people to respond to surveys, but we often settle for this type of mass communication when launching on the web. If you want/need a high response it’s all about continuous individualized follow-up. Oh, and being nice helps too.