JOE JURCZYK

This article from Robin Good is a couple years old, but like his other stuff, the message is timeless.

Can’t believe I never saw this site before (or remember it, at least ) and it’s been around since 1999: MetaFilter.com

Despite blizzards which brought air travel in the Eastern US to a standstill, made this presentation (PPT attached) last week at the Eastern Educational Research Association annual conference in Clearwater, FL.

EERA Workshop - Q Methodology and Q Factor Analysis

I was reminded today by an article about social networking sites in the WSJ (print, not online) of a list of such sites posted a couple years ago. The Meta List includes about 400 entries, all categorized, most of which are still up and running today, though the traffic and usage varies substantially.

This is the ultimate list of Web Development Links (and free ones, at that) including tutorials and tips, Web 2.0 applications and other web resources: eConsultant.com.

crazedlist.org allows you to choose any number of cities (or all cities in a state) and search a category. The results are displayed in separate frames within a results page.

Caution: seems to work ok in Firefox 2 and Netscape 8.1 but not IE 7 . (Listings are not displayed. Instead the city’s Craigslist page is presented with no drilldown.)

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Finished listening to the seven-disc audiobook CD of The Long Tail last week.  The book describes how some laws of economics have changed (especially those of retail), thanks to the Internet and the increased selection offered to consumers and the corresponding minimal costs of selling and distribution.  Using examples such as iTunes, Amazon and NetFlix as examples, the book offers hope to self-publishers, musicians and other homemade content creators to get exposure to the masses, even if that doesn’t come along with massive sales numbers.

Decided that my old web site wasn’t cutting it and my old blog was gathering dust. So, might as well combine the two with a new look and more functionality. (Imported the old Blogger posts and added a bunch of links from the old site. Boy, I need to find newer interesting sites…. sigh) It’s also a good way to learn about all those WordPress Plugins and Widgets.

Wow 4 months since the last post ! I guess I can’t multi-blog. In the last few months I’ve been busy at work. See our much more prolific blog, Grassroots.org News and Views.

Wow ! The Picasa/Blogger integration seems to going ok…

I’m always looking for some kind of online survey software that allows for complex branching, easy data export, and - most importantly - is cheap. Looked at a few packages: Perseus, SurveyShare, etc.

I recently explored SurveyConsole Web Survey Software with their 30 day trial offer. It’s easy to work with and can be used with complex surveys, but many of the nice features in the trial version are not included in the $29/month basic version. Still it’s a solid product which is very affordable.