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

Survey period: 17 Apr 2011 to 25 Apr 2011

Usually it depends when and where you are, but typically, what media suits your lifestyle best?

OptionVotes% 
Online Articles / Tutorials79084.49
Paper (actual) books45048.13
eBooks32434.65
Downloadable documents (PDF, Word etc)51054.55
Email (eg "Article of the Day" style emails)22924.49
Video / webcasts24125.78
Face-to-face classroom learning16918.07
One-on-one instruction13714.65
Audio books394.17
Podcasts697.38
Other475.03
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (54 answers)


 
GeneralPlaying with paper Pin
Groulien17-Apr-11 21:41
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wizardzz18-Apr-11 10:37
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OriginalGriff18-Apr-11 21:44
mveOriginalGriff18-Apr-11 21:44 
JokeRe: Playing with paper Pin
MarqW19-Apr-11 1:55
MarqW19-Apr-11 1:55 
Generaldigital urgentz formats plz! Pin
Joan M17-Apr-11 21:25
professionalJoan M17-Apr-11 21:25 
GeneralNow world is too fast to get information.. Pin
koolprasad200317-Apr-11 18:51
professionalkoolprasad200317-Apr-11 18:51 
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Pritesh Aryan17-Apr-11 19:33
Pritesh Aryan17-Apr-11 19:33 
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MarqW17-Apr-11 21:27
MarqW17-Apr-11 21:27 
I'm not entirely with you on this one. You don't need a power supply to read a book (well, unless it's night, and you need a light). So if your travelling for long periods of time, you'll be able to read it without problem.

Granted, as power on eBook readers gets better this is probably going to be less of an issue.

However, another point of paperbooks over eBooks is that you can open several pages at once (useful for reference material, which most programming books are)
GeneralRe: Now world is too fast to get information.. Pin
wizardzz18-Apr-11 10:38
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wizardzz18-Apr-11 10:39
wizardzz18-Apr-11 10:39 
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Ravi Sant18-Apr-11 20:41
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