Wednesday 9 March 2011
8:30am iPhone alarm goes off...pressed snooze.
9am Received a text message from my friend about a gig later in the month her DJ friend from the UK is doing in Fremantle.
10am Sent text message to friend about some work, and received one back while shopping, arranged to call her when got home.
10:30 Called friend on mobile, spoke for about 10 minutes
10.45 Opened laptop, went online payed rent, checked my emails - noticed Yahoo has been changing login background adverts on a daily basis (adding point of interest like Google?)
11am Logged on to Curtin OASIS, did some unit readings - PDF/ online journal.
11:20 Distracted so I checked Blackboards discussions, gained some info about readings, read a couple of other Media Diaries that had been posted.
Checked out Twitter - usually do on my iPhone but I wanted to check out a link to YouTube posting by Ted Mitew (tutor last semester) I'd seen night before about convergence. Saved it to my YouTube account and discovered some others, not as good though.
11:55 More Twitter investigations, hmmm I need to be doing my readings - even though this is related!!
Tweeted.
12pm Need coffee!! Oh dear almost burnt kitchen down (lots of smoke!!) Ok now. Caffeine depravation is lethal - should've photographed and posted evidence on Facebook!
12:15 Back to reading!!
1pm Finished reading, listened/watched Web 507 week 2 lecture on iTunes podcast
1:30 Received text message
2:30 Checked Facebook on laptop for anything interesting and a bit of a 'spy', few friends available on chat but not in mood for small talk, sent message with link to friend for a website and Facebook page of company.
3:10 Dragged myself off and away from social networking sites! Back to uni work, watched short video on YouTube linked to from Blackboards as part of this - noticed pop-up google ads.
3:30 Break time (late lunch).
Flicked radio on for background noise, Triple J had mindless interview so I swapped to RTR.
Reminder alarm from iCal on my phone for seminar at Curtin at 5:30.
Received and replied to some texts, updated a few iPhone apps via home WiFi.
Played some games on iPhone to fill the time.
5:15 Arrived at Curtin (drove, listened to radio), noticed some poster ads on walk from carpark. Early for 5:30, used Twitter and Facebook on iPhone.
5:45 Seminar no show? Disgruntled mass exodus after few of us using phones to check emails for messages/ call main office for explanation.
6:40 Arrived home, still angry, tempted to Tweet my rage but think better of it.
Started listening to radio on drive home then changed to CD friend burnt for me.
6:45 Returned to unit readings on Blackboards.
8pm Retiring from uni work
9:30 Mucked about with Twitter on my iPhone - explained to my boyfriend what the purpose of the # tag is after a year of him using the platform! Looked at current trending tweets and followed some links to articles posted by BBC and a design company.
10pm Watched a DVD, original and owned by me.
12am Set alarm on iPhone, quick Twitter and game app fix then sleep.
Summary
Mobile phone use is limited to mostly text messages, about 15-20minutes.
Social networking sites, emails and university sites make up most of my internet time on my laptop, about 4-5 hours on this day but can be less plus the internet time on my iPhone about an hour, so in total I spent about 5-6 hours on the Net.
iPhone for recreation had become a big thing for me since getting it - addicted! And I love using it for Twitter.
Television/ DVD watching is usually limited to an hour or two in the evening, especially during semester.
Radio and music are big features in my life, must have it in the background- can't handle silence. Usually have it on all day, just not when studying.
Hi Katrina
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how mobile phones these days are not only for speaking to someone in particular, these days we can also sms, facebook, tweet, read the news, email, etc etc
I also spend most of the day connected to the internet at work, i just dont use it on my phone. I also streamline music and listen to radio from back home.
I miss listening to Triple J in my car. I never drive much as I catch public transport so I tend not to listen to it, which is a strange concept considering I could listen to it on my phone or iPod but think of it as a medium for just what I want to listen too...
ReplyDeleteI use my phone heavily even whilst using my computer and I always have it on me. It is great as a distraction, to kill time and to keep connected.
Your diary was great, especially the parts on coffee and the resistance to angry tweeting! Not everyone can manage such restraint when it comes to blowing off steam using social media.