Slog - Comments on Only Five Times a Day? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day Maybe I need to go on this media diet... Before attempting Adelman's media diet, students kept a log of their consumption. On a typical Thursday, junior Blaire Babcock, 21, found she checked her e-mail five different times, turned on the TV three times, checked her phone messages twice, browsed Facebook.com once, and once listened to her radio while jogging.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:00:40 -0800 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:40:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Chris I hope the implication isn't that Blaire is too connected; that level of checking email etc is pretty low.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635199 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:10:44 -0800 Comment by Baxter @1, no kidding. When I'm not checking my work email, I'm checking my personal email. For 9 hours a day, 5 days a week.

]]> Baxter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635203 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:12:37 -0800 Comment by oh, and 3 tacos from the Rainier Ave. taco bus yesterday:

checked email on laptop: say 100 times
checked email on crackberry: continuous 8am-midnight--it vibrates!
emails received: 62
emails sent: 33
text messages sent or received: 6
hours of basketball or soccer on the tube: 3
hours of iPod (the Shins!): 3
checked Slog, Talking Points Memorandum, HuffPo, etc: say 14

I can stop any time though.

]]> oh, and 3 tacos from the Rainier Ave. taco bus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635227 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635227 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:34:11 -0800 Comment by Brendan @3: Oh how I love that taco bus! I wish they had wireless so that I could satisfy all my addictions at the same time.

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635258 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:51:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I have it open in a window at work, probably check every 10 to 15 minutes - many have a sound when they get incoming email here. At home I check it probably 2-3 times at night, unless I'm out - but might not check for a week sometimes.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635262 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:55:46 -0800 Comment by COMTE Seriously, this kid isn't anywhere close to being in the same league as a typical Slogger.

I never turn my email browsers (Outlook for work, Gmail for personal) off, so technically, I'm "checking" nine or ten hours a day, not to mention a daily ritual of checking friends blog sites, favorite web sites, MySpace, a couple of online discussion lists, news sites, political sites, work-related sites, SLOG, AND I just programmed my new Nokia phone for email access, web browsing & text messaging - so, really how geeky am I?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635298 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:10:21 -0800 Comment by COMTE Oh, but I should add - I hardly ever watch television - something had to go.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635299 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:11:31 -0800 Comment by Baxter On second thought, I think the difference is that this kid is in COLLEGE. She does not get paid to spend 9 hours a day in front of a computer. When I was in college, I checked my email once a day. When I'm on vacation, I might check it once the whole time. So it's not a sign of weakness that I'm tethered to the internet. It's the nature of the day job.

]]> Baxter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635303 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:21:30 -0800 Comment by Gloria I'm in university, and in a part-time job ... I'm checking my email right now. I've checked it at least a dozen times already.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635319 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:33:00 -0800 Comment by Mickymse Isn't it a little absurd to make the assumption that distracting oneself with the Internet or TV is worse than distracting oneself with reading or jogging?

And while staying "connected" via FaceBook, IM, and e-mail can make one anxious or compulsive, it's certainly more conducive to relationship-building than TV or reading.

]]> Mickymse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635336 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:42:01 -0800 Comment by JAK I keep a separate computer on my desk - my laptop - for email and research. I probably get 200 emails a day (not including spam) and I probably send 200 out. That computer is open all say long, checking email every minute.

]]> JAK http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635344 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:48:25 -0800 Comment by Ariel I start to get the DTs if I go more than an hour without checking my email. Thank god for my Sidekick.

]]> Ariel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635345 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:50:59 -0800 Comment by Kicked In The Taco Real Mexican tacos are so refreshing.

]]> Kicked In The Taco http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635356 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:07:53 -0800 Comment by taco Did anyone happen to catch the Health Inspector on NPR last week talking about Taco Wagons?

NO one should be afraid of Taco Wagons, but you should be informed of the problems that they face if you have a weak immune system.

]]> taco http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635390 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:26:52 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Screw the Health Department nazis. Tacos BUILD your immune system.

The wack junior is out of control. I would never waste so much of my time on the intertubes as that. Facebook? My god, that's some heavy shit. How many times a day does she check her makeup?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635400 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:38:25 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Am I the only one that has yet to creat a MySpace profile?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635407 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635407 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:46:09 -0800 Comment by adrian! indeed, fasting from news, phones, and emails is essential to overall health and a basic not-wanting-to-kill-myself-every-ten-minutes lifestyle. (especially the news--o, God, the horrible news.) i do it at least one day a week---no news, no email, very little phone. i have done it since college. it has kept me, if not sane, pretty. i advise it along with lots of sex and spring water. try it! you'll like it!

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635430 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:18:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle oh, and why is she slacking on Facebook - only once a day? sometimes I have three status updates in a day ... she should join my Seminar Junkies group.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635437 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:21:06 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Mike in MO, I have a profile but I only use it to troll for pictures of naive teenagers. I've logged into it maybe twice, and I have no friends -- not even that Tim or Jim or whatever his name is. Usually looking at a MySpace page, any MySpace page, makes me want to lie down with a cool washcloth over my eyes.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635477 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:02:59 -0800 Comment by adrian! of, fnarf. we are in accord. i am also myspace-less, by choice, and will remain so forever. FOREVER!!!

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/only_five_times_a_day#c635484 Life Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:06:57 -0800 Comment by palamedes Sorry. Gotta go check my email....

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