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| I can literally FEEL Angry Birds calling me. |
   
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7 | 9.21% |
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24 | 31.58% |
| When an email comes in, I glance at the header and go back to reading. |
  
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7 | 9.21% |
| If a phone call isn't actively coming in, I can ignore everything but my book just fine. |
  
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21 | 27.63% |
| I am the Zen Master. Multi-function distracts me not at all. |
  
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17 | 22.37% |
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07-01-2011, 01:13 PM
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Distractions
OK, it's time to settle this with a silly POLL!!
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07-01-2011, 01:14 PM
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Chasing Butterflies
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Options #3 and #4 are not totally mutually exclusive. Please complain about that extensively in the comments for the full "poll experience".
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07-01-2011, 05:50 PM
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Zealot
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Location: Newcastle, NSW
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Depends on the book...
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07-01-2011, 05:53 PM
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affordable chipmunk
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Location: Brazil
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I zap through several ebooks as much as through several apps.
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07-01-2011, 06:11 PM
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Spork Connoisseur
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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. |
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07-01-2011, 06:43 PM
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Series Addict
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Location: Florida, USA
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 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. |
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07-01-2011, 07:05 PM
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Wizard
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Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD
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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) |
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07-01-2011, 07:48 PM
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Guru
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Location: Minnesota USA
Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1
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I don't read on a multifunction device. My only distractions are the dogs & when DH has the t.v. too loud.
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07-01-2011, 09:44 PM
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Guru
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Location: Norman, OK
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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!!!
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07-01-2011, 11:04 PM
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I sometimes get distracted and browse the web on my Nook Color, but it depends on the book I'm reading.
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07-02-2011, 12:13 AM
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Addict
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Karma: 1004164
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Device: Kindle 2
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I tend to shut everything out. If I'm really captivated by a book, then I won't even leave the house.
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07-02-2011, 12:14 AM
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Tuxedo Cats!
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Device: Nooks and iThings
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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, 02:16 AM
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It's Dr. Penguin now!
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Location: (USA)
Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)
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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)
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07-02-2011, 07:48 AM
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SF/F book blogger
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Device: Kindle 3
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I don't have a multifunction device, but I read less whenever I'm close to the internet >_>
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07-02-2011, 12:55 PM
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Wizard
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Karma: 5843878
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: UK
Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura
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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
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