Your Thoughts?

by Derrick Story
Mac Newsletter for 03/05/2004

Dear Mac Reader,

Last year's survey of Mac DevCenter readers was a big success. Our audience showed up in greater numbers than any of our other technology sites. The ensuing results helped prove that Mac DevCenter deserves continued support from Apple and O'Reilly. And best of all, I learned more about what you want to see on the site.

If you want to review last year's summary, take a look at the follow-up article I published:

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/05/06/survey_results.html

This coming Tuesday evening, March 9, we're launching the second annual Mac DevCenter reader survey. The information you provide will help us make important decisions about the web site, our books, and the upcoming Mac OS X Conference this October. As before, I promise to summarize the results and feed them back to you via an article.

Please take a few moments to stop by and complete the online questionnaire. Once again, we want bragging rights for having the most active audience, and we want to tailor our Mac offerings to best meet your needs.

As always, thanks for your support,

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Derrick Story
Mac DevCenter Editor

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