Monday, February 7, 2005
Broadband: You Just Can't Get Enough?
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 07:00 AM
"Spending an inordinate amount of time at my computer, using my broadband, I'm developing what I can only term an information habit. Sit down to work. Ten minutes in, the new mail icon tempts me from the bottom of the screen. I'll just check. Nothing like a few juicy new e-mails. Click a few links. Scan a few websites. Oh 20 minutes has just passed. Better get back to work. Now where was I? Start work again. Feel like a reward. I'll just check news.bbc.co.uk. See if anything's happened in the three minutes since I last looked. Follow a few 'related links'...Half an hour has passed. I feel like I've done something, but actually I haven't."
David McCandless has got a problem and it's one that I suspect many here would identify with. However, David's gone one step further and instituted a rather drastic fix involving a Mac and broadband disconnection. 8O He says that he feels lighter and free and that his internet usage now consists of using dial-up for e-mail and web browsing. Do you guys feel that you have an information habit and if so, can you envision yourselves taking similar drastic steps to bring things under control?
David McCandless has got a problem and it's one that I suspect many here would identify with. However, David's gone one step further and instituted a rather drastic fix involving a Mac and broadband disconnection. 8O He says that he feels lighter and free and that his internet usage now consists of using dial-up for e-mail and web browsing. Do you guys feel that you have an information habit and if so, can you envision yourselves taking similar drastic steps to bring things under control?
