expressions survey: questionnaire

With this questionnaire, we want to find out more about what the future users of expressions want. If you have a blog, please help us by answering the questions below. Please also continue if you don't know what expressions is – your answers will still be very valuable for us!

Some questions refer to your blog; you might want to have your blog open in another window or tab to help you answer these questions. If you have more than one blog, please submit this questionnaire separately for each blog you have.

Blogging

What kind of blog do you have?
Blogger (on blogspot.com)
Blogger (on own host)
WordPress
LiveJournal
Movable Type
bloxsom or pyblosxom
Other:
How often do you typically blog?
Several times per day.
Several times per week.
Several times per month.
Other:
How regularly do you typically blog?
I blog according to a fixed schedule (for example, daily or every Monday).
I blog whenever I feel like it.
Other:
What do you usually blog about?
Web sites.
Individual blog entries.
Book reviews.
CD or other music reviews.
Product or other reviews.
Events, appointments, other time- or date-related data.
Places (like cafés, cities, countries, ...).
Things that happened to you or others.
Other:
How often do you include geolocation information (latitude/longitude data) in your blog entries?
I don't know what that is.
Never.
Sometimes (for example, only when you're blogging about a physical location).
Whenever I have geolocation information available.
Other:
How often do you include technorati tags in your blog entries?
I don't know what that is.
Never.
Sometimes.
Always.
Other:
How often do you use structured blogging in your blog entries?
I don't know what that is.
Never.
Sometimes.
Always.
Other:
How often do you use microformats in your blog entries?
I don't know what that is.
Never.
Sometimes.
Always.
Other:
How do you refer back to your own old entries in your blog entries? (If you never do that, skip this question.)
By quoting the title or parts of the content of the old entry.
By linking to the old entry.
Other:
How often do you link to other people's blog entries in your blog entries?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:
How often do you trackback/pingback from your blog entries?
I don't know what that is.
Never.
Sometimes.
Whenever I can.
Other:
How often do you link to other web sites from your blog entries?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:
Where do you usually blog from?
At home.
At work.
At Internet cafés.
Wherever I have Internet connection.
Wherever I happen to be when I feel like blogging.
Other:
Which blogging tools do you use to write and post entries?
My blog's web interface.
A client on a desktop computer.
A client on a laptop computer.
A client on a PDA.
A client on a cell phone.
E-Mail.
SMS/MMS.
Other:
Does your client allow you to write an entry and post it at a later point in time? Do you use that feature?
I don't know if it does.
It doesn't.
Yes, but I never use it.
Yes, and I sometimes use it.
Yes, and I often use it.
Other:
Is there anything that is annoying you about the tool you are currently using, or that you think the tool is missing?

Cell Phone

How often do you have a cell phone with you?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:

If you answered "never" in the question above, please skip the remaining cell phone questions.

How often do you send text messages with your cell phone?
Never (or your cell phone doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use the Internet with your cell phone (WAP)?
Never (or your cell phone doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your cell phone's Infrared to connect to a computer?
Never (or your cell phone/computer doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your cell phone's Bluetooth to connect to a computer?
Never (or your cell phone/computer doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your cell phone's built-in camera?
Never (or your cell phone doesn't have one).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use a GPS module for your cell phone?
Never (or your cell phone doesn't have one).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:

PDA

How often do you have a PDA (Palm; PocketPC; handheld computer) with you?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:

If you answered "never" in the question above, please skip the remaining PDA questions.

How often do you use the Internet with your PDA (via cable, Infrared, Bluetooth or Wireless LAN)?
Never (or your PDA doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your PDA's Infrared to connect to a computer?
Never (or your PDA/computer doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your PDA's Bluetooth to connect to a computer?
Never (or your PDA/computer doesn't support it).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use your PDA's built-in camera?
Never (or your PDA doesn't have one).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you use a GPS module for your PDA?
Never (or your PDA doesn't have one).
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:

Other Gadgets

How often do you have a digital camera with you?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:
How often do you use a GPS module for your digital camera?
Never.
Several times per month.
Several times per week.
Several times per day.
Other:
How often do you have a GPS receiver or navigator with you?
Never.
Sometimes.
(Almost) always.
Other:

General

Do you have any comments about this questionnaire?