Comments on: Poll: How Do You Access jkOnTheRun most often?

By: Richard Garrett

Richard Garrett — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:14:57 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Sam. I think you are describing ‘device neutrality’ which might suggest useful content that is available anytime, anywhere on any device.

By: Sam Hill

Sam Hill — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:59:39 +0000

I just have an innate aversion to focus on style over substance. Go ahead and support multiple formats, but I would much prefer fewer and more data rich posts than pondering over formatting issues.

By: Richard Garrett

Richard Garrett — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:28:11 +0000

I don’t understand Sam’s point — why shouldn’t JK look to better understand their reader’s access methods? That should result in an improved product, no? I feel much better when the chef comes out of the kitchen and asks about my meal…

By: tino

tino — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:34:59 +0000

I read it from a Netbook, but I read it through bloglines.com/mobile, much better than the real thing.

BTW I said Netbook, suck it down Psion!

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:44:43 +0000

where is the phone w/ google reader option?

By: Sam Hill

Sam Hill — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:36:40 +0000

OK, if you are through gazing at your navel, JK boys, I suggest you get back to finding something interesting to write about. I have to say that the quality of your posts has really started to fall off (and this inane “poll”) is just one example.

By: Mickey Segal

Mickey Segal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:17:40 +0000

If the ideal computing environment for most people turns out to be using a mobile computer 2/3 of the time while docked, surveys that respond “desktop computer” for such use will obscure the data pointing to the importance of mobility.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:00:44 +0000

To me a docked anything used at the desktop is a desktop computer.

By: Mickey Segal

Mickey Segal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:18:09 +0000

If someone uses a docked slate tablet as their main use, that configuration that would not come through in the survey results. Five years from now, when many people are using pocket computers that dock to use a full keyboard and screen at their desk, people will have no idea of how to interpret the survey options.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:31:24 +0000

Yes, I have to use a device, but see

http://jkontherun.com/2009/03/06/poll-how-do-you-access-jkontherun-most-often/#comment-49878

why that doesn’t mean I have a choice that matches my usage in your poll.

And yes, I came to the site to comment, but that makes up maybe 5% of my usage of jkOnTheRun, so I am not counting that as “most often”.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:28:20 +0000

rss on desktop and nokia tablet

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:27:29 +0000

While it’s true I have to use a device, the poll still doesn’t let me specify that I am iPhone with RSS. The only mobile phone options I see are

- Phone (full website)
- mobile version (m.jkontherun.com)

I use NEITHER on my iPhone. So as far as I am concerned, the poll is flawed. I voted “Notebook” as that is my next-most-common device, but just for the record, even there I use an RSS reader, not the site, most of the time.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:14:35 +0000

RSS is wonderful no doubt but you still have to use some device to get it. Plus, all of you folks who commented that you never visit the site, you just did to comment.

By: Dale Lane

Dale Lane — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:55:43 +0000

None of the above – I access it most of the time from my mobile, but because I’m coming from Google Reader, if I look at the site at all, I’m looking at the normal site that has gone through Google’s transcoder, not m.jkontherun.com

By: GoodThings2Life

GoodThings2Life — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:18:34 +0000

To those mentioning RSS, I think the purpose was to know the device used, not the program used, lol. But anyway, I check the headlines using Firefox’s RSS LiveBookmarks option and FeedSidebar extension, and then click over to the site for full viewing.

By: Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:09:06 +0000

My primary access is really RSS (Google Reader), although I do check the site often from my iPhone and G1. I voted for (and had always used) the full version of your website. I guess I should have known that you had a mobile version. Anyway, I just updated the bookmark on my iPhone.

Keep up the great work, jkOnTheRun is a favorite and considered a must read for me.