6.00am | Wake up to radio and mobile phone alarm (in case the radio doesn’t wake me). |
6am – 7am | Listen to radio and check work blackberry for any emails overnight whilst getting ready for work. |
7am – 7.15am | Dive to train station listening to radio in car. |
7.15am – 7.30am | Get train to work reading emails on blackberry. Looking around the carriage it’s the majority of commuters who either have earphones on or looking at a mobile, iphone or blackberry. |
8am | Mobile phone alarm reminder to phone Telecross client. Phone client from blackberry. |
8.30am – 10.30am | At work, log in to computer. Usually check news websites first (afr.com, smh.com.au, news.com.au). Open Outlook, Firefox, Word, Excel. Listen to phone voice messages. Make a few phone calls. I actually have a pc and a macbook at work with a landline, personal mobile phone and work blackberry lined up next to me. |
10.30am – 11am | Much needed coffee break. |
11am – 12.30 | More work – updating work website and replying to emails. |
12.30-1.30pm | Had lunch with an old work colleague. We both had blackberry’s on table and he had to take a couple of calls. |
1.30pm – 6pm | Even more work. Had a meeting with a company who monitors our search engine marketing. They went through a presentation online and went through the reporting function on their website. Logged in to do some personal banking and booked a flight online. |
6-7.30pm | Yoga which I thought was going to be technology free however details are checked on the computer on arrival and the yoga teacher connects his iPod to the speakers. |
7.30pm | Train home whilst reading a real book with paper!! |
8.30-9.30pm | Log into blackboard to check discussion posts. Check personal email and reply to a few emails. Also log into Skype and chat with a friend in NZ. |
9.30-10.30pm | Watched television for an hour before turning in. |
11.30pm | Well that’s what I thought. My boss is in London so I leave my blackberry next to me. He is usually considerate of the time unless its urgent. |
12 midnight. | Nite. |
Summary:
When I first saw this submission I thought I wouldn’t have much to add apart from work but have become more reliant on digital media than I realised.
I have spend approx 10 hours on the computer in one day which I think is way too much although in the week leading up to an assignment due date, I would hate to count the hours.
At work I use a lot of different applications and have 2 screens and a Macbook. Normally each screen would have at least 5 applications open as I jump from one to another.
I love reading and try to read as much as possible but its not always possible when studying. Lately with the amount of discussion posts in this unit it has become a full time job.
