APOD assessment poll #8

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How did you first hear about APOD?

Poll ended at Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:04 am

Teacher
130
7%
Relative
130
7%
Friend
438
25%
Google Search
276
16%
NASA Link
313
18%
Facebook
16
1%
Phone App
8
0%
Blog link
91
5%
Justin Bieber concert
10
1%
Other (explain below, if you would like)
360
20%
 
Total votes: 1772

jhp

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by jhp » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:08 pm

I think it came from an email I received.

sage

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by sage » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:10 pm

[+] Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

Oh, how I wish I could check off [+] Justin Beiber Concert, though I'm sure I've never heard a note he warbled :lol2:
I love you APOD team, thanks for the Monday chuckle.

nobody

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by nobody » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:13 pm

It was probably a link from NASA,but its been so long ago I cannot remember.

JoeMagnusson

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by JoeMagnusson » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:21 pm

I have viewed APOD ever sense it began and still love it, Great Job Guys.

jkellis

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by jkellis » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:25 pm

A friend at work showed APOD to me long, long ago looking at a galaxy far, far away. Ever since, I have shown other friends at work APOD. Sort of a 'Johnny Astronomy seed...'

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Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by nealmcb » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:28 pm

I heard about APOD before Google or Facebook existed, before most teachers knew what the web was, before mobile phone apps or blogs existed, when Justin Bieber wasn't yet potty trained. It was way back in the beginning, 1995 or so, and I don't remember exactly how, but I'm guessing via the NCSA What's New page or something of the sort. It was much easier to keep track of cool new sites back then!

Thanks for the ride!

Marc98662

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Marc98662 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:45 pm

I can not recall when or how i first learned about APOD. I have been viewing for decades.

Exomoon Mike

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Exomoon Mike » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:48 pm

I stumbled upon APOD while surfing many years ago and I never looked back since.

Omnivorous

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Omnivorous » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:58 pm

APOD gets frequent kudos from readers of Fark.com, including Bad Astronomer.

curt

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by curt » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:05 pm

One of the Great Courses by Alex Filippenko

nanachan

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by nanachan » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:09 pm

I found APOD In 1998 while searching on Alta Vista (or one of the old search engines) for something - who knows what. Have been visiting daily ever since! It's the first website I go to every morning - the only way to start the day.

WHISSY

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by WHISSY » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:11 pm

i'm the friend who suggested it to everyone else

UnoriginalGuest

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by UnoriginalGuest » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:16 pm

Before Google won the search engine wars, APOD was one of the foremost links on a search engine I've now forgotten the name of.

5string

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by 5string » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:22 pm

From a friend who is an employee at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD

Terran

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Terran » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:23 pm

I first heard about APOD from Opera web browser while searching for extensions that i would like to install

Swisskicks

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Swisskicks » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:37 pm

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted about APOD and it has been my home page ever since.

johnnyphotonic

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by johnnyphotonic » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:49 pm

It was so long ago I have no idea, but I'm sure glad that I did! :ssmile:

Ashleigh

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Ashleigh » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:51 pm

If I remember correctly, I believe I found APOD through StumbleUpon!

phecda

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by phecda » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:15 pm

I first discovered APOD through the presence of its link on Refdesk.com. This was several years ago. Refdesk remains my Home page, and opening APOD is the first thing I do on the Web every day.

jspring

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by jspring » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:16 pm

Like many others, it was a long time ago, sometime in the late 90's, and have been looking at it ever since.

CmdrJayCee

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by CmdrJayCee » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:21 pm

It was so long ago that it was BG -- before Google. It was either using AOL's or Netscape's search engine, or possibly a link someone posted either to the old AOL Astronomy Club or in a posting to one of the amateur astronomy e-lists I belong(ed) to. I remember the daily pictures were a lot smaller back then. So were monitor screens (640 x 480).

SHE

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by SHE » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:32 pm

The friend who first forwarded me the link to APOD passed away three years ago. I visit the site almost daily, so in a way his memory lives on.

lbparker

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by lbparker » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:39 pm

I discovered APOD through a link on refdesk.com, a research site.

Russell G. Brasher

Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by Russell G. Brasher » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:42 pm

APOD is one of the finest uses of the Internet to come along. Many, many thanks to all who make it possible.
Don't ever stop.

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Re: APOD assessment poll #8

Post by copperjet » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:42 pm

I found APOD in March 1999 through a friend who sent me a link to a picture that fascinated & awed me. Since then APOD has been my home page. I never start a workday day without taking a look at that morning's picture. Thanks for all the years of wonderful images and a great start to my days.

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