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by Jarno Virtanen.
Original Post: The results of the feedback poll, finally
Feed Title: Python owns us
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Feed Description: A weblog about Python from the view point of Jarno Virtanen.
I have been having a serious lack of motivation writing here. Nothing
in particular has changed, I think, but I just don't feel like
writing. Part of the reason is that I have been a bit bored
with the web too. (Maybe it's time for a
web-is-boring-let's-do-something-interesting-instead meme? Or is that
a contradiction in terms? Or is that what everyone is already doing?)
To make matters worse, I will summarize here and now the results of my
feedback
poll which was conducted ages ago, which only makes me feel more
guilty. (Why feel guilty in the first place?) Answers are all
basically positive, but that's mostly because the choices practically
forced it. The lame excuse of not having done this summary before is
that I hoped to do some nice graphical presentation of the results,
but never got around to do that. So.
The feedback form was filled and submitted from total of 58 different
IP addresses. That could equal with 58 different people, but then
again it could not. Be that is it may, I am grateful for everyone who
answered. Thank you, again.
So, the first proposition was about the reason for reading this
weblog. (Again, the choices forced a strong bias.) I had a strong
suspicion that most people reading my weblog have a
Python-news-addiction. Results:
I read Python owns us, because ...
answer
number of votes
I have a serious Python addiction and I want to know
everything new about it.
44
I have a serious weblog addiction and I want to know
everything new about anything.
5
I think you are the greatest weblogger ever lived and I want
to read every word you write. (Bonus points for selecting this
answer!)
4
um, well, I don't know, really.
5
Next was about what annoys most about Python owns us. What can I
say. I have a low self-esteem about these things. The results are
staggering.
The thing that most annoys me about Python owns us is ...
answer
number of votes
that you just cannot write English. Now, go read the Elements
of style already.
0
that you are just generally so clueless.
2
that you post too much about things not related to
Python.
6
that you apologize too much for your writings.
46
I apologize for apologizing too much.
Then I asked what would you like to see more here. I suspected that
most would like to see more posts about Python. That proved to be the
case. (Thinking about the alternatives made my head hurt. Hope it
didn't do that to yours.)
I would like to see more ...
answer
number of votes
posts about things related to Python.
35
posts about things not related to Python.
3
posts about things related to software development as whole.
18
posts about things not related to software development as whole.
1
Again, I am a sucker for getting acceptance. But here it goes:
Your grammar, spelling, and style ...
answer
number of votes
are OK. Quit asking about that already.
49
suck.
0
have shown signs of improvement, and I wish you'd write even better
in the future.
3
??? I don't think you are 'grammer, spellin and style'?
4
(I thought that last choice was funny! Really!)
Which brings us to the next question. I don't normally try to be that
funny, but whenever I can, I do. So:
I think you ...
answer
number of votes
are funny
10
are not funny
3
are funny, at times
39
should not even try to be funny
1
Finally, there was this obligatory PSU gag. (Although PSU is not a
gag.) I had this fear that some people are really getting bored with
PSU, and to some extent (13 votes for that) that seems to be the case,
but in general, there was the widest variation in answers here.
My relation to the PSU is that ...
answer
number of votes
I am a PSU agent, although I deny the existence of PSU.
4
the PSU does not exist.
22
I was the chief architect of the design of the Time Machine, wherein
I implemented the most eloquent and brilliant time traveling algorithm
ever. (This choice is to check whether there are any ego-maniacs
reading my weblog.)
2 [ed. 2??]
??? PSU? What is PSU? (This choice is to check whether there
are any PSU agents reading my weblog.)
17
I think PSU is too old a joke already.
13
...
All in all, conducting the feedback poll was a great experience (and
it really provided some insight to my readers' minds) and having over
58 different answers made my day. Thanks.
And yesterday I noticed that Dean
Goodmanson, whose blog I dig, gave me some
feedback through Artima Python Buzz feedback forum, about the lack
of commenting system here. I know I should have one, and in the
distant future I might even manage to make myself one. Don't hold your
breath waiting.
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