Weekly Poll Archive

What's your favorite TV show set in Chicago?

  • The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978) (38%, 5 Votes)
  • The Good Wife (2009-present) (23%, 3 Votes)
  • Married with Children (1987-1997) (15%, 2 Votes)
  • The Untouchables (1959-1963) (8%, 1 Votes)
  • Family Matters (1989-1998) (8%, 1 Votes)
  • Good Times (1974-1979) (8%, 1 Votes)
  • Kolchak the Night Stalker (1974-1975) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • ER (1994-2009) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002-2003) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Other (Please tell us!) (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 13

Start Date: May 14, 2012 @ 4:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

What's your favorite movie set in Chicago?

  • The Blues Brothers (1980) (36%, 8 Votes)
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (32%, 7 Votes)
  • A League of Their Own (1992) (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Other (Please tell us) (5%, 1 Votes)
  • The Untouchables (1987) (5%, 1 Votes)
  • The Sting (1973) (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Chicago (2002) (5%, 1 Votes)
  • The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Scarface (1932) (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 22

Start Date: May 7, 2012 @ 10:44 pm
End Date: No Expiry

What kind of SWAG or other incentive would sway your decision to attend a conference?

  • Books - real published stuff that I'd have to buy otherwise (61%, 14 Votes)
  • Reduced registration fees - My budget needs every penny (57%, 13 Votes)
  • Gadgets - I need cool things to entice SMEs to my cube for interviews (52%, 12 Votes)
  • Product trials/free consulting - I like to try before I buy (35%, 8 Votes)
  • Apparel - Tech Comm needs its own fashionistas (22%, 5 Votes)
  • Edibles/Drinkables - because we live on caffeine and chocolate (17%, 4 Votes)
  • Office supplies - more pens and post-it notes (17%, 4 Votes)
  • Something else (please dish!) (4%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 23

Start Date: May 1, 2012 @ 9:30 am
End Date: No Expiry

What are your most reliable sources of answers to grammar and usage questions

  • My style guide of choice (MMoS, Apple, Chicago, etc.) (57%, 24 Votes)
  • Websites such as Grammar Girl, Wordnik, and Visual Thesaurus (52%, 22 Votes)
  • My bookshelf full of classic references (40%, 17 Votes)
  • Something else (please tell us!) (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Wikipedia (10%, 4 Votes)
  • My authoring tool's built-in grammar and spell-check (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Asking and answering questions on a discussion list (7%, 3 Votes)
  • My high school English teacher (2%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

Start Date: April 24, 2012 @ 10:00 am
End Date: No Expiry

In what other professional communities, besides tech comm, are you active?

  • Writing / Editing (94%, 15 Votes)
  • Usability / User Experience (56%, 9 Votes)
  • Content Strategy (50%, 8 Votes)
  • Information Design (50%, 8 Votes)
  • eLearning / Training (38%, 6 Votes)
  • Marketing (31%, 5 Votes)
  • Other (25%, 4 Votes)
  • Product Development (19%, 3 Votes)
  • Open Source (6%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 16

Start Date: April 17, 2012 @ 10:00 am
End Date: No Expiry