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Hi , thank you for choosing to become a Turbo-Chart Featured User!

What to Expect?

This will be a short and casual chat with our Co-founders, Santosh Bhat and/or Rusty Johnson. We’ll ask a few simple questions about your story and experience using Turbo-Chart , nothing too formal or technical!

There’s no need to discuss your specific company or project details, we’re keen to hear about your first hand experience as a Turbo-Chart user.

As one of our featured users, we’ll create a mix of short 15–30 second clips and a longer ~5-minute video from our conversation. These will be shared across our social media and LinkedIn, helping more people discover how Turbo Chart is being used in real world projects. 

Here’s the previous videos and where these new videos will be available also: Turbo-Chart Customers

 How to Prepare

  1. Book in a time for a MS Teams call with Santosh by clicking on the link
    next to this text (or via this link)

    PLEASE CHECK         your own time zone is showing when selecting a date/time.
  2. Review the interview questions below, allow a few mins for each reply:
    • Reply as much or as little as you want
    • Answer in full sentences
    • Look at the camera, not your computer screen
    • Relax, be natural! There's no wrong answers!
  3. If you do have any sample charts/data you’d like to present, we can include these into the video, and/or make them anonymous if required.
  4. For the call, find a well-lit, quiet location. Ideally use a microphone on your PC and/or record audio using your mobile phone and send us the recording file. More detailed instructions at the end of this page!
  5. Make sure to use the form at the bottom for an address to deliver your box of goodies to!
 

Featured User Interview Questions

  1. Please tell us a little about yourself, where you’re based (city or country), what your role is and what types of projects you’ve been involved on using Turbo-Chart.

    Note you don’t have to mention the specific project, company or organisation you’re currently working on if you don’t want to.
  2. What tool do you mainly use for project scheduling and (why) do you like using this?
  3. How did you first find out about Turbo-Chart?
  4. Have you used other methods, such as Excel charts or Tilos before using Turbo-Chart?
  5. How did you learn to use Turbo-Chart?
  6. How long did you spend learning to use Turbo-Chart?
  7. How often do you modify the schedules you use? Do you also update the Turbo-Chart outputs as frequently?
  8. Do you use Turbo-Chart mainly to better understand your own schedules? To communicate the schedule to non-schedulers, or both?
  9. Do you think using Turbo-Chart has improved the understanding of the schedule on your projects?
  10. What is your favourite feature of Turbo-Chart?
  11. Would you recommend Turbo-Chart to others? If so, why? If not, why?
  12. What are some other features you’d like to see in Turbo-Chart?

Audio and Video Settings

(Don’t worry, we’ll go over the settings with you before we start recording!)

Audio

  • Go to advanced settings
  • Enable ‘Show-in meeting option to “Enable Original Sound
  • From microphone settings ‘Disable echo cancellation’
  • Make sure ‘Echo Cancelation is ‘Auto’

 

Video

  • Enable HD video
  • Turn off mirroring
  • Disable ‘Touch up my appearance’ and ‘adjust for low light’
  • From Advanced settings Disable ‘optimise video quality with de-noise’ and
  • Enable ‘use hardware acceleration for receiving videos’

Framing your Camera

Avoid windows in the background. They provide too much light behind you and end up making your face darker. If possible, face the window instead or if that's not an option, conduct the interview in the lightest room possible.

Ensure you have a stable and decent internet connection. And minimise any background noise if possible.

Don't position yourself too far from your computer. Microphones on computers, laptops, etc get the best sound quality when you sit at a comfortable, normal distance from them. Try and have a clean and tidy background, the less clutter in the background, the less distracting it is for a viewer.

Recording Audio with your Phone

It’s always best to have multiple options when recording and more often than not your phone can provide better audio than your computer’s internal microphone. That’s why when we record we like to have both computer and phone audio recordings.

When we film, please have your phone out and ready to voice record.

For iphone users:

  • Simply open the ‘Voice Memos’ app

For Samsung/Android users:

  • Open ‘Voice Recorder’ or ‘My Recorder’ app

If this doesn’t work, simply download a voice recording app. This is a good one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrwq.recorder

The audio will be saved as a file on your phone and should be possible to email to us after the call.

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