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What are your preferred mediums for getting information?   [Edit]

Survey period: 11 Feb 2008 to 18 Feb 2008

Do you prefer to flip the pages and learn at your own pace, or do you prefer more of a presentation format when learning new things?

OptionVotes% 
Online Articles / Tutorials1,32980.99
eBooks55133.58
Audio books684.14
Paper (actual) books87653.38
Video / webcasts44627.18
Face-to-face classroom learning33520.41
One-on-one instruction24014.63
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar14-Feb-08 2:13
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GeneralPodcasts? Pin
jwebbgrv11-Feb-08 11:47
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Colin Angus Mackay11-Feb-08 21:35
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Jeremy Falcon11-Feb-08 6:04
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GeneralAnything but videos Pin
Nemanja Trifunovic11-Feb-08 4:09
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GeneralAnother problem Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar12-Feb-08 5:42
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Yusuf12-Feb-08 12:03
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GeneralCrystal balls, Tarot cards, Palm readers Pin
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Gary Wheeler11-Feb-08 4:03
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Colin Angus Mackay11-Feb-08 1:49
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W Balboos, GHB11-Feb-08 1:13
W Balboos, GHB11-Feb-08 1:13 
Overall, I like to have a book (=> vote) - yes one can curl up with a book about the STL and a cup of hot apple juice with ginger.

But, when I find a gem on the CodeProject, or even some lesser site, I'll want a hard copy.

There was an earlier discussion, triggered by Amazon's new (and costly) eBook reader. One thing that's missing from the readers is a comfortable look and feel. Perhaps real-book-ophilism is just from habituation, but it's harder to stick to reading anything of length in Adobe (etc.) than it is to a a book.

Newpaperlike articles, on the other hand, are best serve digitally.

Maybe I'll throw in a mild (yet traditional) complaint about the survey: The preferred medium depends upon the type of information!!!

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

"How do you find out if you're unwanted if everyone you try to ask tells you to go away?" - Balboos HaGadol



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Harvey Saayman10-Feb-08 19:59
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GeneralBooks are the best Pin
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar10-Feb-08 18:05
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User 665810-Feb-08 21:59
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