7.45am - Woke up to the alarm of my iPhone.
8.00am - Watched the morning show while eating breakfast.
8.30am - Played Tetris on the iPhone (trying in vain to beat my girlfriends high score)
8.45am - Text a friends number to my girlfriend.
9.00am - Sat down at my iMac and made a calender schedule of assignment for Uni.
9.45am - Checked emails (3 accounts, checked Facebook (2 accounts), checked Soundcloud. This is a process that I have called 'The rounds'.
10.00am - Searched Ebay for a firewire hub. Didn't make the purchase.
10.05am - Set up a new Twitter account for Web 207.
10.15am - Began Web 207 lecture online, while doing this my girlfriend rang to ask me to look up and address (4 minute call). I opened a second window and googled it while on the phone. Opened a new window and searched for a new charger for the old iBook.
11.05am - Made a phone call (3 minutes)
11.10am - Watched a Youtube tutorial on how to create disco stabs using a software synthesizer. (noticing the google adverts at the bottom of the screen)
11.30am - Checked out ninemsn news. Read several stories.
12.15pm - Checked my music Facebook. Replied to a message.
12.20pm - Made a phone call (4 minutes)
12.30pm - Drove to the supermarket, listening to Triple J and then the 1pm ABC 720 news. Noticed an advert on the side of a bus for the animated movie Rango.
1.15pm - Text girlfriend
1.30pm - Watched two episodes of Weeds (downloaded and watched through my TV with built in media player).
2.45pm - Received a phone call (11 minutes).
3.10pm - Googled the Thirsty Camel bottle shops to check the wine specials.
3.12pm - Checked Hotmail and Outlook emails. Mostly junk but replied to three.
4.15pm - Went for a run while listening to a new DJ mix (through iPhone) that I just downloaded.
6pm - Watched Channel 7 news then A Current Affair, Followed by an episode of Dexter which was downloaded, all while eating dinner.
8.15pm. Checked blackboard and did 'The Rounds'
7.30am - Woke up, did 'The Rounds'. Watched a spoof Ipad 2 review on Youtube, read the Australian online, all while eating breakfast and watching the morning show.
SUMMARY
*Sent two text message
*Talked on the phone for 22 minutes.
*Spent nearly 4 hours online studying, watching Youtube clips, shopping, reading newspapers, checking emails and social media sites.
*Spent 15 minutes playing games on my phone.
*Watched television and downloaded TV shows for about 3.5 hours.
*Listened to the radio or iPhone for about 45 minutes.
I love 'the rounds'!...You had me laughing, is this what we web students can cover our procrastination with?!?!
ReplyDeleteMy typical media use is similar to yours, lots of phone and internet use and general distraction from what I should be doing because of it. I like how you detailed the moments when you opened more windows on your computer, it seems we are all becoming more adapt at multi-tasking in our media use.
Cheers ;)
After reading a few other diaries it is quite apparent that we all tend to use media in the same amounts and mostly via our mobile. I am with Kat on ‘the rounds’, brilliant! I am really unsure of what I used to do with my time when I didn’t email, twitter or check social media every hour or so. I have even synchronised it all so I get alerts on my phone so when I am at work to know when I need to check something. It’s hard to imagine living in a world that is not connected 24/7.
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