by Colin on January 11, 2010
I’m not a natural runner, but I’ve gotten in the habit of jogging 2-3 miles around the track three times a week. It keeps me healthy and — once I got over the initial pain — it has become addictive.
Still, I’m no Ironman (no, not the superhero).
After a mile or two, my body wants to call it quits. I start shuffling my legs instead of taking long, efficient strides. My head sags. My feet begin flailing outward. My breathing becomes irregular and my back hunches up.
No, I’m not having a stroke — I’m just tired.
When my body is exhausted, I’ve found that I need to pay special attention to my form. Too easily, my tired body becomes a clumsy body. Clumsy movements are inefficient, and only tire me out more quickly.
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by Colin on January 2, 2010
When you’re working on a qualitative data analysis project with a team, it’s essential to know how to import components of one project into other projects. For example, you might split up larger projects between 2 or 3 different coders, then combine your results into one master project to generate reports.
Importing project elements also allows you to reuse work you’ve completed on previous projects. A coding scheme developed for a project involving the analysis of presidential inaugural addresses might turn out to be useful for another project classifying media election coverage.
Qualrus makes it easy to import components from other projects such as codes, scripts and link types, or completely merge two projects into one.
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