Get to know . . . Jérôme Sopoçko By Richard Collins Social 17th May 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter What I do . . . I define the vision of where the Askia software range is going. I also fix bugs in the code I wrote 20 years ago. My proudest work achievement . . . Founding Askia with Patrick and making it a home for so long for so many of my colleagues. It does sound paternalistic, but I can live with that. My even more paternalistic achievement is to be the father of four boys – two of them I am not related to biologically…
Filtered Weighting By Seyf Altindal Askiaanalysis 12th April 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter ‘Filtered Weighting’ is an exciting new feature recently added to AskiaAnalyse. It removes the need for manual intervention when implementing certain weighting requirements. Probably the best way to explain the feature is to show you a working example, so I’ve put together a five-minute video demonstration of the new feature which can be viewed below. In the example, the requirement is to equally weight all but one of the responses of a question. The remaining response is to be left unweighted i.e. its observed percentage does not change…
Get to know . . . Michael Brennan By Richard Collins Social 20th March 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter What I do . . . I’m one of the Support Engineers at Askia. I assist our clients with a variety of technical topics, including (but not limited to) survey script writing, survey design, fielding setup, software installations, data exports, data analysis, etc. I also assist Askia and our clients with technical training, database management, and server maintenance. I wear many hats. 🎩 My proudest work achievement . . . Due to a combination of luck, brute force, and experience, I’ve solved several “needle in a haystack” installation…
BISON Recording Management Tool By Richard Collins Askiafield 15th March 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Those clever people at MyForce have launched a new version of their BISON Recording Management Tool. We think that many Askia call centre managers and supervisors will be thrilled to find out that managing quality control can be made so much easier. A great deal of effort has been made to develop a time-saving tool that is both user-friendly and powerful. CATI Supervisor Software Call Centre managers already using the CTArchitect dialler alongside the Askia CATI solution will know about the increases in their call centre’s efficiency when…
Get to know . . . Ramona Stratton By Richard Collins Social 7th March 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter What I do . . . Most of my career I have done HR and employee relations, but these past few years my focus has been more on key account management and office administration. This has not been a career change, but I must admit that I am enjoying it very much! My proudest work achievement . . . To continue to have an amazing working relationship with my team and our US-based clients – it’s been almost eight years now. If I wasn’t working for Askia, I…
Get to know . . . Jordan Grindle By Richard Collins Social 2nd March 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter What I do . . . Technical Support Specialist (AKA Professional Ticket Wrangler). My proudest work achievement . . . Single-handedly tackling a very challenging, multi-month consulting project. If I wasn’t working for Askia, I would be . . . Proselytizing the merits of Cthulhu (from the acclaimed H.P. Lovecraft short story ‘Call of Cthulhu’), making a passable politician. The best advice I ever received was . . . Use two thin coats to paint your Warhammer minis, instead of one thick coat. If I could time travel…
What’s up on Maxdiff ? By Christine Caggia Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield 20th February 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter Maxdiff (short for Maximum Difference Scaling) is a methodology used to understand the relative importance or appeal amongst a list of features/statements. The technique is also known as “best-worst scaling”. Based on the choice modelling technique developed by Jordan Louviere and popularised by Steven H.Cohen, the method provides preference/importance scores for brands, images, product features, advertising claims, services, etc.). Respondents are asked to compare sets of a few features, attributes or statements, and select which of these are the most and the least appealing/important to them. The technique…
New AskiaFace updates for Android and iOS versions By Richard Collins Askiafield 6th February 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter We are delighted to announce that the latest updates of AskiaFace for iOS and Android will be released imminently. These updates include the following improvements and fixes: For iOS version 3.4.2 (available only from iOS 14+): Core engine upgrade to version 5.5.3 Added support for the latest (v4) Askia Design Pages (ADPs) and Askia Design Controls (ADCs) Created a new user interface that includes a dark mode Various bugs fixes and refactoring: Interview.AgentName doesn’t retrieve any value in AskiaFace for iOS v3.4.1 (AS-41) Additional CSS field not interpreted…
The Benefits of using Askia’s SaaS solution By Richard Collins Askiaanalysis, Askiadesign, Askiafield, Product design 1st February 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter As Askia gets closer to releasing the Rapide version of the software, this blog article explains why we will be offering a SaaS solution and the benefits that this should bring to all our clients. Definition Software as a Service (SaaS) is a delivery model for software applications where the provider hosts the software and makes it available to customers over the internet. In SaaS, customers access the software through a web browser, without the need for any installation or setup on their own systems. The provider is…
What do I want for Christmas? ChatGPT in Visual Studio! By Jérôme Sopoçko Askiaanalysis, Lab, Product design 13th January 2023 ShareFacebookLinkedInTwitter ChatGPT can write bad poems and good C++ code when prompted.
