With each issue of techlife magazine we invite readers to share their thoughts on the stories we've told and how well we've told them, be it in pictures or words. Naturally, we want to hear that we're delivering content you can use, that we're making NAIT alumni even more proud of their alma mater, that we're capturing your attention and even entertaining you.

But we also want to know what it is we can do better. Here at techlife and techlifemag.ca, we're editors but we're also writers, which means that while it's our job to be critical, we're pretty good at taking criticism, too. Really, there's no other way to improve ourselves and our product.

So, here are some of the the highlights of your feedback on the spring 2011 issue, and we're pleased to say it's mostly good. Have a look and see if you agree.

Top five topics in techlife, in decending order, that most interested our readers

• Stories about people
• NAIT news and events
• Research and innovation
• How-to and expert advice features
• Culinary features and recipes

Level of satisfaction with quality of

• writing: 92.1 percent
• photography: 96 per cent
• design: 89.1 per cent
• magazine overall: 88.1 per cent
• techlifemag.ca navigation: 94.9 per cent
• techlifemag.ca overall: 94.8 per cent

Of those we asked about, five of the most-read articles in the spring 2011 issue, in decending order:

• Glenn Feltham's New Assignment (a profile of NAIT's sixth president and CEO)
• La Escuela (a look at NAIT's role in trades education in Cuba)
• Profile of a Master (a profile of Susur Lee, NAIT's 2011 Hokanson Chef in Residence)
• Reading Room - Workbooks (leadership books chosen by NAIT executives)
• 3 Questions - Yardwork (NAIT landscape experts share tips on tools, plants and gardening information sources)

And, specifically for our alumni,

• 95 per cent agreed that techlife is a good source about NAIT activities and priorities
• 95 per cent agreed that techlife makes you proud to be asociated with NAIT
• 89 per cent agreed that techlife makes you feel more connected to NAIT
• 51 per cent disagreed that techlife makes you want to get more involved with NAIT
• 84 per cent agreed that techlife improves your opinion of NAIT

Got an opinion to share? Check back with us following the launch of the fall 2011 issue, when we'll release our next survey. In the meantime, leave us a comment. We aim to please. Feel free to provide the target.