Distractions

anamardoll · 07-01-2011, 02:13 PM

OK, it's time to settle this with a silly POLL!!

anamardoll · 07-01-2011, 02:14 PM

Options #3 and #4 are not totally mutually exclusive. Please complain about that extensively in the comments for the full "poll experience".

Clancy_s · 07-01-2011, 06:50 PM

Depends on the book...

Namekuseijin · 07-01-2011, 06:53 PM

I zap through several ebooks as much as through several apps.

RainingLemur · 07-01-2011, 07:11 PM

When an email comes in, I glance at the header and go back to reading.

Since I conduct a lot of work through email, I will often just check the subject line of the email to make sure it's not a pressing matter.

Nyssa · 07-01-2011, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clancy_s

Depends on the book...

But, I chose "I'm frequently distracted by emails and multitasking needs."

Which is why I now read exclusively on my Kindle and not on my iPhone.

abookreader · 07-01-2011, 08:05 PM

sigh. In the case of my nook color, I read for about 7 minutes and then realize the Angry Bird playing kids have once again left me with no juice.

And it's back to the Kindle.

#2 Feature of my Amazon Kindle 3 - my kids never touch it. (right under the ability to read in direct sunlight)

Pomtroll · 07-01-2011, 08:48 PM

I don't read on a multifunction device. My only distractions are the dogs & when DH has the t.v. too loud.

vxf · 07-01-2011, 10:44 PM

Most of my reading is on an ereader.... less on my iPad. But even when I am reading on my iPad, I don't get sidetracked. If I am reading... I am reading!!!

Jeff Rivera · 07-02-2011, 12:04 AM

I sometimes get distracted and browse the web on my Nook Color, but it depends on the book I'm reading.

Todd Young · 07-02-2011, 01:13 AM

I tend to shut everything out. If I'm really captivated by a book, then I won't even leave the house.

nookkatz · 07-02-2011, 01:14 AM

When I am reading on the Nook Color, the book has all of my attention (or at least the part that the cat on my lap doesn't demand). Before I put the NC down to do something else, I might check my email or look at the weather, but then again, I might not. If I sit down with it intending to play games, that's what I do. For the most part, though, when I'm reading on the NC or one of my other devices, I'm so absorbed in the book that I don't think about anything else that the device is capable of doing.

GraceKrispy · 07-02-2011, 03:16 AM

I don't have a multifunction reading device (unless I am reading on my kindle app on my droid), but still my droid calls to me with surfing capabilities and solitaire (my current distraction, in many varied forms)

Frida Fantastic · 07-02-2011, 08:48 AM

I don't have a multifunction device, but I read less whenever I'm close to the internet >_>

paola · 07-02-2011, 01:55 PM

on a laptop, of course I cannot shut my email, and of course I have to check any new message as soon as it arrives, just in case is something super important. And of course there is something that I must absolutely check right NOW in the news. And of course I must veryfy whether Andy Murray is becoming a Scot again...
but on my e-reader, besides it being fully equipped with games, internet conenction, mp3 player - well, I just read: must be an e-ink thing

View Poll Results: When reading on a multi-function device...
I can literally FEEL Angry Birds calling me.	7	9.21%
I'm frequently distracted by emails and multitasking needs.	24	31.58%
When an email comes in, I glance at the header and go back to reading.	7	9.21%
If a phone call isn't actively coming in, I can ignore everything but my book just fine.	21	27.63%
I am the Zen Master. Multi-function distracts me not at all.	17	22.37%
Voters: 76. You may not vote on this poll

07-01-2011, 02:13 PM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Distractions OK, it's time to settle this with a silly POLL!!

07-01-2011, 02:14 PM	#2
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Options #3 and #4 are not totally mutually exclusive. Please complain about that extensively in the comments for the full "poll experience".

07-01-2011, 06:50 PM	#3
Clancy_s Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 1010308 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Newcastle, NSW Device: Kobo Glo HD	Depends on the book...

07-01-2011, 06:53 PM	#4
Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	I zap through several ebooks as much as through several apps.

07-01-2011, 07:11 PM	#5
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	When an email comes in, I glance at the header and go back to reading. Since I conduct a lot of work through email, I will often just check the subject line of the email to make sure it's not a pressing matter.

07-01-2011, 08:05 PM	#7
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	sigh. In the case of my nook color, I read for about 7 minutes and then realize the Angry Bird playing kids have once again left me with no juice. And it's back to the Kindle. #2 Feature of my Amazon Kindle 3 - my kids never touch it. (right under the ability to read in direct sunlight)

07-01-2011, 08:48 PM	#8
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	I don't read on a multifunction device. My only distractions are the dogs & when DH has the t.v. too loud.

07-01-2011, 10:44 PM	#9
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	Most of my reading is on an ereader.... less on my iPad. But even when I am reading on my iPad, I don't get sidetracked. If I am reading... I am reading!!!

07-02-2011, 12:04 AM	#10
Jeff Rivera Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: none	I sometimes get distracted and browse the web on my Nook Color, but it depends on the book I'm reading.

07-02-2011, 01:13 AM	#11
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	I tend to shut everything out. If I'm really captivated by a book, then I won't even leave the house.

07-02-2011, 01:14 AM	#12
nookkatz Tuxedo Cats! Posts: 210 Karma: 1033575 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Nooks and iThings	When I am reading on the Nook Color, the book has all of my attention (or at least the part that the cat on my lap doesn't demand). Before I put the NC down to do something else, I might check my email or look at the weather, but then again, I might not. If I sit down with it intending to play games, that's what I do. For the most part, though, when I'm reading on the NC or one of my other devices, I'm so absorbed in the book that I don't think about anything else that the device is capable of doing.

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07-02-2011, 03:16 AM	#13
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	I don't have a multifunction reading device (unless I am reading on my kindle app on my droid), but still my droid calls to me with surfing capabilities and solitaire (my current distraction, in many varied forms)

07-02-2011, 08:48 AM	#14
Frida Fantastic SF/F book blogger Posts: 270 Karma: 502030 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle 3	I don't have a multifunction device, but I read less whenever I'm close to the internet >_>

07-02-2011, 01:55 PM	#15
paola Wizard Posts: 2,841 Karma: 5843878 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura	on a laptop, of course I cannot shut my email, and of course I have to check any new message as soon as it arrives, just in case is something super important. And of course there is something that I must absolutely check right NOW in the news. And of course I must veryfy whether Andy Murray is becoming a Scot again... but on my e-reader, besides it being fully equipped with games, internet conenction, mp3 player - well, I just read: must be an e-ink thing