A collection of 10 digital tools you could use to support or optimize your research.

1. 10 Digital tools to use in researchher fields
otor
@Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

2. These slides will be twitter focussed - Why?
• Twitter has open data.
• Twitter gets you connected.
• With good use, Twitter can optimize your research.
@Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

3. #1 Twitters advanced search - Use it!
• Great source for opinions, whishes, dreams and thoughts.
• A quick look in to a particular field or subject.
• Lots of operators like location, language or exact phrases.
• Get quotes from users, experts, companies or officials.
Click for Twitter Search @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

4. #2 Twilerts - Daily search results per mail
• If you don’t have the time to keep watching a search...
• Twilert will mail your search results.
• Everyday on a time you specified.
• Advanced parameters possible aswell.
Click for Twiltert @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

5. #3 Brandlisten - Cluster and export search results
• Cluster your search results on sentiment.
• See the most common words in your search.
• Export your data to an excell or PDF.
• You can specify what to export.
Click for Brandlisten @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

6. #4 The Archivist - Archive search results
• Makes an archive of the 500 latest tweets in your search.
• See which day generates the most tweets.
• See who is creating the buzz, who to contact?
• Get to know the context around your search results.
Click for The Archivist @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

7. #5 Tweriod - When to tweet?
• Know when you reach the most people.
• Good to know for questions.
• ...a call to recruit respondents.
• Or to inform the most people on a specific moment.
Click for Tweriod @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

8. #6 Buffer - Scheduling tweets
• Schedule, make a buffer and use it.
• Lets you inform study subjects on specific moments.
• You could give a different assignment each day.
• Keep informing about your project even when your away.
Click for Buffer @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

9. #7 If This Then That - Make your digital logics
• Connect almost every digital service and automates it.
• If subject tweets “B completed” then tweet assignment C.
• If subject tweets photo with #food, upload photo to dropbox.
• Use your logic, it could be a great use for your project!
Click for IFTT @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

10. #8 Mentionmapp - Get to know people on Twitter
• See the latest activity of an expert, user or others.
• Click, click, click and get connected with relevant people.
• See what a person is tweeting about a lot lately.
• Gives you a good snapshot of who a person is.
Click for Mentionmapp @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

11. #9 ThinkUp - Making your own tweet database
• Your tweets in your database.
• But every reaction aswell!
• Twitter surveys gets a lot easier to analyse.
• Analyse and improve your own Twitter activity.
Click for ThinkUp @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

12. #10 Touchatag - Connecting physical to digital
• Enrich physical objects with digital sensors.
• Place readers around subjects per example a desk.
• Let the subject scan a card or cup with every coffee.
• If sensor scanned then tweet “Subject A drinking coffee.”
• Then collect data with ThinkUp, including timestamps.
Click for Touchatag @Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11

13. Please let me know if...
• Something is missing.
• You liked it. :)
• Got feedback.
• Or want to know more.
@Dirrik_E
zaterdag 17 december 11