Technology I use for research

Research uses technology:

• Microsoft Office (though I could use Open Office - it's Microsoft available on campus). I use Word for writing, reports, chapters and Excel for my plans.
• Phone - not Skype though
  
• Blogging software - this, and I have tried the OU's Assistive Publishing System (APS) to create an internal web site.
  
• NVivo for qualitative analysis
• SPSS for statistical analysis, though not much since I completed the Master in Research Methods.
• Virtual Private Network(VPN) - very useful for accessing my files on the server at the OU when I'm working at home
• microfiche - once for a PhD thesis that the library got hold of for me.
• Digital recording software - for recording data and playing it back
• Digital photography software - used to edit photographs for the poster I created for the competition.