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The Results Are In — And We Love You For It!

Virtual Coookies for 40Tech Readers! Thanks to everyone who participated in our awesome two-question survey last week — we got a pretty decent sample and are excited by the results! We discovered that, overall, we are generally talking to the more wise or wizened among us, but there is also a healthy dose of youthfulness about. It just goes to show that good content rises above age barriers (whether perceived or otherwise); and we love that you guys and gals find us to be worth your time to read.

This information has been invaluable for our pending redesign. Not to worry tried and true’s: we are keeping the same great content — but it will be presented to you in a clearer, cleaner and (hopefully) even more inviting way. We plan to bring you more great stuff more often, too, so if you’re interested in writing for 40Tech, let us try you out with a guest post or two!

Thanks again — and virtual cookies for all!

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How Old Are We, Really? (Reader survey)

Reader survey - age and usage We’ve been told a few times that our content here at 40Tech appeals to more than just us "older folks."  We’re curious now… we need to know the truth! Please take a minute and answer this two question survey [external link] and help us in our quest for knowledge.  This will help us learn just a bit more about our readers, as a whole, and also help us improve the site.  No personally identifiable info is collected, we promise.


Google’s “Data Liberation Front” – Do You Depend Too Much on Google? (Poll)

Google services Yesterday, Google announced the Data Liberation Front, "whose singular goal is to make it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products."  While this should give users some peace of mind that they won’t be locked into Google products, and even attract some people to Google products, it does raise an important question.  Specifically, do we rely on Google too much, such that we should think about spreading our eggs among other baskets?  For many of us, it seems that our lives are in Google. I’ll be the first to admit that my productivity is dependent on Google.  I use Google Apps, Gmail, Reader, Voice, and Docs, among others.  Are you doing this, too?  Is this unwise?  I’d like to know what you think, in both the poll and comments after the jump.

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