As DHers know, research cannot always happen face-to-face. Working out a research-issue over the phone or Skype can be incredibly frustrating. Enter Screenhero, a relatively intuitive interface that allows researcher’s a solution to distance: the choice to superimpose their own computer screen or the application through which they’re working onto that of their colleague (and vice versa). Imagine the possibilities: help w/ creative coding, graphic design, website development, research, etc.
Download the application for free here: http://screenhero.com
Nevertheless, as you might notice upon visiting the site, the company ‘tutorial’ is really more of an advertisement than a critical demo of the application’s functions. So below I’ve included one of my own. In it, I explain the tool’s usefulness to DH, the application’s embeddable API (an incredible resource), it’s current limitations, and Screenhero’s possible future application.
SCREENHERO from DHSkillshare on Vimeo.