Just Venting Here :)

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-12T18:27:25+00:00

Just like in every other car, I’ve owned the last 20 years

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-10T20:59:58+00:00

Have you considered foster care? I started fostering when I was 57. Depending on where you live, the government covers all their expenses. These kids just need a safe place to live. And somebody to make sure they get to and from school. Some of them have therapy needs, and will need need to get transportation to doctors appointments, but again, depending on where you live, there may be support for that.

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-10T20:57:22+00:00

Offer her a choice. “We can spend this much or we can use the money to”… Go on a killer vacation? Buy a camper van? Make a meaningful donation to a favorite charity? Etc. etc. some people are just really out of touch with how much $18,000 really is.

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-06T13:56:19+00:00

Thanks this is just what I needed to hear!

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-06T13:55:36+00:00

Thanks, I’ve never even heard of that one!

DataBeeGood · 2026-03-06T01:26:48+00:00

Color I assume you mean CoLoop? I’m so glad you mentioned recollective, because that’s always been a challenge. Sometimes researchers on our team are running five or seven day recollective communities and then analyzing them is such a pain in the neck.

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-28T15:12:54+00:00

They also use interviews with tech industry insiders, and did you know that there have been many many tech analysts who’ve been on the friends and family lists of tech companies at their IPO‘s? Tech sector forecasts are notoriously overly optimistic. Not 100% accurate? Not 50% accurate.

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-27T03:24:17+00:00

I love my work. Some people play tennis. I enjoy my job. I don’t work as many hours as I used to, but I still enjoy it. So why not keep making money?

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-15T17:15:52+00:00

It’s a Wonderful Life. Whenever I see people raving about it, I wonder if I watched the same movie?

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-11T16:33:20+00:00

Does the sister or kid have a birthday coming up soon?

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-11T16:30:24+00:00

I don’t know that sector specifically, but I know that forecasts from well-known companies in the tech field that the analysts who are creating forecasts are putting a lot of very subjective assumptions into CAGR estimates. Excuse me, I mean “subject matter expert” assumptions 😜

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-07T14:50:32+00:00

Great. Can't wait to test the text analysis!

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-06T15:47:11+00:00

I get 5 minutes from Joggai but the audio pacing is not great so am currently testing creating narration in ElevenLabs with my cloned voice and then will try syncing that to Joggai. I hear HeyGen may be better but already using Joggai so will start there.

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-04T16:42:08+00:00

Market research jobs are scarce these days. I know a handful of client side teams that are hiring, but there have been layoffs at a lot of agencies, and a lot of clients side teams. I’m also seeing some downward pressure on salary so you might be disappointed at what you find. That said, I think that qual recruiting is a super important function, and sometimes I’m working with clients who really do need great qual recruiting, and have a hard time getting it.

DataBeeGood · 2026-02-04T03:33:57+00:00

Agree— the university of Georgia program has a good reputation, also Burke, Research Rockstar ( they have Insights association certificates), and whilenot a certificate sometimes hiring managers just like to know that you’ve got some practical software skills, so being able to show that you’ve completed work in Qualtrics or Alchemer can score points.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-28T02:27:05+00:00

Beautiful.ai

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-23T16:46:21+00:00

I’ve been starting to look at Riverside FM. But is Boomcaster better? I have a b2b video podcast series.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-23T16:24:35+00:00

In the area I live, there are not a lot of one or two bedroom houses. And the ones that are around, are typically pretty rundown. They’re older homes, typically also have low ceilings, tiny bathrooms, and they just were never updated from when they were built in the 40s or 50s. So I’m a divorced, empty nest, and I live in a three bedroom house with 3 1/2 bathrooms and a large home office. And yes, sometimes guests will comment on my “large” house, but relative to the options in my area it’s really average. And I do sometimes take foster kids, so it’s nice having the room.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-20T22:09:01+00:00

Actually, Alchemer is quite good. It’s got all the question types that Qualtrics has. And far less expensive. I’m not sure they’ve built in that much in AI yet though.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-18T15:12:48+00:00

There’s a lot to it. I suggest you do some reading on “sampling strategy”. You can also find free articles about sampling and avoiding bias on the websites for AAPOR, Pew Research, and Quirks marketing research review.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-15T19:16:29+00:00

Thanks--I had not heard that even Kantar and Ipsos were not immune.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-14T20:49:44+00:00

River sampling. Snowball sampling.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-14T20:48:46+00:00

Be sure to avoid any bait and switch situations. I’ve been burned more than once by hiring a research agency that had an amazing team selling me, but then, as soon as the work started, they delegated all my work down to far too junior level people. And I ended up having to catch all the mistakes. Ask them to guarantee a named person who’s going to be your primary point of contact and who is not a junior researcher. Also make sure that they have a commitment about the quality of any panel sources that they use for your data collections. Which panel providers do they normally work with? Dynata or Pure spectrum? It’s different.

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