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November Poll: What would you give for better Nifty Tech Blog?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor November 10, 2010 Feedback

Chaos has reigned in my life as October ends and November begins. In last month’s poll, I asked everyone how well they liked the polls and if I should continue them, or just halt them and move on to something else. I have to admit that I’m still concerned about the fact that each month a smaller percentage of readers are responding to the polls. I’m wondering if I’m really asking the right questions. So how did things turn out for October’s poll?

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Help Support The Nifty Tech Blog

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 20, 2010 Announcements

Have you been enjoying The Nifty Tech Blog? We certainly hope so. And we hope that you’d be willing to give something back. We want to bring you more features, more reviews, and better on site services. But we just don’t have the resources to do these things on our own. We’ll continue to do what we can, but there are a few things that you could do to help us bring you the reviews and features you’ve enjoyed up to now, and make things better for the future.

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October Poll: Do you want to see more polls?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor October 5, 2010 Feedback

September has come to an end and it is once again time to tally poll results. In September, I asked what people thought of Apple’s new Ping Social network for Music. Apple calls it a great new way for people to discover new music on the iTunes music store. Reader of The Nifty Tech Blog called it a snoozer and a loser.  Here is the breakdown.

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September Poll: To Ping, or not to Ping?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor September 6, 2010 Feedback

August’s poll asked your opinion on the podcast series of review that I’ve been doing in conjunction with Tee Morris and Bird House Rules. We didn’t get quite the number of votes that I’d hoped for but I’m glad that folks were willing to stand up and be counted.

Nine people responded in the poll. Three of them said they were enjoying the series and were looking forward to the rest of it. Glad to hear that. I hope it lives up to your expectations.

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August Poll!

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor August 6, 2010 Feedback

It has been a more hectic week than I had expected. But despite the delay, I’ve got a new poll on line for August! I hope that everyone has read last Monday’s review on Tweet Flow, and listened to the attached mp3 file from the Bird House Rules podcast. Because that is what I’d like to talk to you about for August. Tee Morris and I are doing a whole series of reviews in connection with his Podcast. And while you don’t have to listen to the podcasts, I’d like to know if you like them. It has been suggested that I should be podcasting these reviews instead of blogging them. So, do you love the podcast? Is it nice for special events like the crossover? Or should I just stick with the blog? You’re my readers, so you should get some say in how you’d like to see the reviews and other features. Right?

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July Poll Wrapup

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor August 2, 2010 Feedback

July’s poll has come to an end, but before we look at the results, I’m afraid I’ve got a little administrative news to impart. I’ve been working to provide a special review for tomorrow, and coordinating everything is going to take a bit more time than expected. So instead of tomorrow’s review showing up at 12:01 AM, it is going to be delayed until 7 AM. It shouldn’t be any later than that. And hopefully, you’ll enjoy what we’ve got in store for you.

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June Poll Wrapup

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor July 25, 2010 Feedback

Back in June, we had two polls running. This was mostly because I failed to expect the vast numbers of consumers who were going to rush out and preorder a new iPhone 4. Since the iPhone 4 seemed to have stuck a chord for a lot of people, I started a second poll asking what feature most influenced your decision to buy a new iPhone 4. The responses really weren’t what I was expecting.

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July’s Poll: How tech savvy are you?

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor July 11, 2010 Feedback


The first of the June polls is over, although there are a few more days for the second one.  I’m glad to see that more people are participating, although it is still a really small sample. But the results are kind of interesting.  I asked what missing feature would inspire you to buy a new iPhone 4, and a full half of the responders said that there was no feature missing. For half of them that was because they would never buy an iPhone of any kind.  For the other half the iPhone 4 already has all the features they’re interested in. The half of all responders who wanted a new feature to entice them to get an iPhone 4 all wanted a choice of carrier other than AT&T. One wanted Verizon, one was happy with anyone BUT AT&T, and the remainder wanted their new iPhones to be completely unlocked so they could go to any carrier they wanted.

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In which our author eats crow…

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 16, 2010 Editorial

I was wrong.

In a BIG way. A little right, too, but mostly wrong.

In yesterday’s editorial, and in the comments, I took the stance that despite the high demand for the new iPhone 4 it was unlikely that the pre-order inventory would be exhausted on the first day.

BOY, was I wrong.

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Poll time.

by Doc Coleman - Nifty Tech Editor June 9, 2010 Feedback

Last month’s poll was about ways to process text, and the results were a little disappointing. The three respondents were equally tied between TextEdit, Pages, and Open Office Writer. It is hard to draw any kind of conclusions with such a small sampling, but if I had to hazard I guess, I’d say it is an indication that there isn’t a lot of strong feeling in favor of any given text editor.  At least not among my current group of readers.

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