Comments on: Why do we spend time online?

By: K. Henderson

K. Henderson — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:47:10 +0000

I just don’t get twitter. I’ve had an account for a short while and it’s not going anywhere. I tried following someone but my page ended up with HUNDREDS(!!!!!) of his tweets so that my were totally lost! How does that help me? So now I’m reluctant to follow anybody else. And when I reply to someone, even my followers, it shows up on my page but not theirs . Maybe I’m doing something wrong but I can’t figure it out. And Facebook won’t let me sign up because my first name is K. and they refuse to believe that that is my full name! But I keep trying. I now have 5 blogs as well as 2 websites.

By: Liz Crain

Liz Crain — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:44:39 +0000

Hi Definitely keep Procrastination. As a local radio station used to say, “It’s a waste of time, but it’s a Quality Waste of Time.” And that behavior is the root of some of the others. I am definitely wondering about To Purchase Things…Conduct Business or…is that….what? Reality? A Way of Life? If anything, it defines the difference between Information and Education a bit more.

By: TracyWall

TracyWall — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:18:57 +0000

Keep procrastination. For me, even though I’m hitting art sites and could remotely be construed as productive, it usually is just hovering just to see what’s out there today when I have some decisions to make about a piece of art or some admin work I’m not wanting to do.

By: Nicole Hyde

Nicole Hyde — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:29:33 +0000

I like the list with ‘procrastination’ on it. On my own personal list, I don’t think I ‘educate’ anyone per se, but I do use the internet to be educated on occasion.

By: Susie Monday

Susie Monday — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:24:38 +0000

I guess by how you’ve stated this, you mean the time spent online when one is not being informing, entertaining, inspiring, (ie the active message sender, not the passive recipient. ) How about “to be surprised” (maybe that’s a subset of entertained?) or “to be provoked” or ” to be confirmed”?

By: Lynne Oakes

Lynne Oakes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:54:11 +0000

I found this really interesting and useful, Alyson. I find myself wanting to share stuff through the internet EQUALLY with receiving stuff. So I am thinking it is different for different folks. Some are more on the ‘outflow’ and others more on the ‘inflow’. But in terms of using the internet as an artist to help one’s work and sales, this is really valuable. You always come up with the best stuff! Lynne

By: Tammy Vitale

Tammy Vitale — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:21:28 +0000

absolutely leave procrastination. On-line is my favorite of all procrastinations…sure beats cleaning the house (another one, believe it or not). Around here we call it productive procrastination – but it’s still about avoiding something that needs to be done.

By: Sari

Sari — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:45:09 +0000

To get the light…Up here we don’t get much sunlight, so it is common for people to stay glued to their screens for 8 hours at a time…A teenager in our building was the subject of an intervention by his stepDad after staying on his computer for three days almost in a row, not eating much & avoiding invitations to outdoor activities…The police were called in when stepdad removed boy’s computer…Boy called police…Boy ended up in psychiatric ward for a little rehab…Comment:Plants need light to grow, so do people…Put a lighted screen in front of a human & they will be attracted, maybe addicted to it…it’s the light…(I think it’s gamma rays…)

By: Lisa Call

Lisa Call — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:32:13 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this and I think the wording of “to stay connected” is better as your original of “connection” as lot of what I am doing is forming new relationships not just staying connected with existing relationships. Curious on others thoughts on procrastination – I’m not after any of those other things when I am procrastinating – I can’t even say what I am doing during that time. Zoning out might be an appropriate description.