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Give us all a brief roundup of how you spend a typical day online, from start to finish.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 9:26 am

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Before 10a scan the news (including CapFax), if I don’t read everything, I make notes to come back during downtime. Throughout the day check CapFax and Democratic Underground and post on selected topics during downtime. Also, check Facebook.

75% of the day is communicating with colleagues and friends via e-mail, IM and via Facebook.

Comment by wndycty Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 9:32 am
First Stop: Politics1;
Second Stop: Politicalwire;
Third Stop: Coloradopols (check out what’s going on in my new home);
Fourth Stop: Hotwire (Great resource linked from Colorado pols to see what is going on in other states);
Fifth Stop: Here! (Linked form Hotwire to see what’s going on in my homestate!)

Comment by Mountain Man Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 9:42 am
I use Google Reader to look up blog updates. I might look for items to blog especially if I haven’t already had a blog ready to go. Then I might look around on other sites I like to frequent especially online forums. I do this all day no barring exactly real-life activities.

Comment by Levois Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 9:52 am
8 - quick scan of ESPN, Drudge, personal e-mails, Lawrence Kansas newspaper (alma-mater), Illinois Review
Mid morning - Capitol Fax Blog, check personal e-mails
Lunch - Check back on Capitol Fax Blog, Something else that might peak my interest
Late afternoon - check back on Capitol Fax Blog & Illinois Review + Drudge

Comment by Trafficmatt Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 9:57 am
Bring up Capfax blog.
Bring up Rezko Watch.
Bring up Ebay.
Log onto IM.
Check on terminally ill daughter of friend on Caringbridge.org.
Play a game, or 2, or a lot.
Chat on IM with a friend or two.
Go back to Capfax and try to make a logical, sensible post.
Fail miserably at post, get ridiculed, slammed, sometimes even deleted.
Come back with milder post that Rich will keep.
Check and see if Levine has been grilled enough on one side and has now been flipped over.
Lunch
Nap
See if Bill has posted anywhere on anything that makes sense.
He has.
Nope he hasn’t.
Check e-mail, laugh at some and forward a few.
Go back to CapFax. Nothin’ new except for the REAL Capitol Fax that I can’t access because I don’t subscribe nor do I have a password.
Try several combos of words for a password to “sneak” into The Capitol Fax.
None work - yet.
Check sidebars on CapFax blog and click into a few.
Darn, Blago got me again. Opened up something on a sidebar that looked interesting only to find it takes me to the Guv’s website. It’s another press release. Shoulda known better.
Check Ebay again - lost bid on item.
That’s about it for one day.

Comment by Little Egypt Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:08 am
I try not to get locked into any specific pattern.

Comment by Squideshi Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:10 am
Illinoishighschoolsports.com
illiniboard.com
Capitolfaxblog comes later because no new content is up until a bit later in the morning.
Southern Illinoisan web site.
Carmi Times web site
The Chronicle of Higher Education

In the evenings I check the same and ebay, just to see if there is anything I want or need, like a 6,541 sq. ft. home on the Florida coast. I’ll look at the NFHS baseball officials forum to see if any new game situations can stump me.

However, if I can get a day like Little Egypt’s, that would be good, too.

Comment by Fan of the Game Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:25 am
Before 11am: browse headlines on Yahoo News, read CapFax, scan Drudge, read new articles on Politico, get annoyed with something Ben Smith has posted on his blog, and then read The Superficial to improve my mood.
11-12: Make comments, if any, on CapFax.
12-5: Check CapFax 100 times to see if anyone responded to my comment(s).

And, of course, throughout the day I respond to about 100 emails, check facebook, and refresh Drudge.

Comment by Bill S. Preston, Esq. Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:30 am
1)Read Diersen (little cooky, but I love the Diersen HEADLINES)
2)CapFax
3)Drudge
4)Illinois Review
5)The Hill
6)Michelle Malkin
7)cubs.com
8)Emails and IM’s

Comment by ChiCountryGuy Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:33 am
Early a.m. from home:
-work emails
-Sun-Times website (Trib is delivered)
-extremely local blogs
-Zorn
-Swamp
-Hillaryis44
Work:
-CapFax 2-3 the day
-Zorn and Swamp 1-2 day
-extremely local blogs 1-2 days per day
-periodically look at other Illinois bloggers

Comment by phocion Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 11:14 am
Work email, make sure no big disaster.

After meetings, then
CapFax
illinoize,
Washtimes
Facebook.

often that happens over lunch, some days not at all.

Comment by Pat Collins Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 12:21 pm
- CNN, Southern Illinoisan, Cap Fax
- Facebook, Email
- MLB.TV
- Fantasy Baseball

Comment by College Kid Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 12:33 pm
6 a.m. - scan e-mail for comments to my blog and Google Alerts for names of interest in CD IL-10(Mark Kirk, Dan Seals, Terry Link, Keith Gray, etc.)- bring up Fox News.com, CNN.com, scan online editions of Tribune, Daily Herald, News Sun and WSJ. Update blog posts or do a new post if appropriate. Check Sitemeter and see if Cap Fax linked to my Blog, or where other referrals are coming from.

9 a.m. bring up Cap Fax (if updated for the day by then), look for links to Team America. Rescan Fox and CNN. Every couple of days, troll on Ellen of the Tenth, Archpundit, and Illinois Reason to see what’s going on. Check Cap Fax Blogroll for items of interest.

Check in often to Cap Fax until about noon during the day, unless there is an e-mail alert. Check other major online news outlets every so often during the day.

Repeat as necessary.

Comment by Team America, World Police Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 1:01 pm
…and what happened to our previous postings?…

Comment by VanillaMan Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 1:10 pm
What’s Keith Gray’s email address? I live in his district, and I want to ask his views about some issues. I checked the Lake Co. GOP site, but he isn’t listed.

Comment by PhilCollins Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 1:13 pm
tribune & cap fax are first thing and check frequently throughout the day

Next I check bill status on ILGA for bills I am following and sometimes look for updates on some agency websites

2x per week I read State Journal Register online to read Bernie and the Statehouse Insider, but not every week because the latest gossip on Springfield alderman is not compelling enough to make that site a priority

sometimes read news on the Daily Herald but their new format is too busy and crazy with ads, driving me nuts going to delete them from my bookmark list

Comment by Napoleon has left the building Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 1:16 pm
Office email first thing in the morning and throughout the day

Personal email throughout the day

Illinois news sites: Trib, Sun Times, Daily Herald, CapFax, follow any interesting or important links, read comments

National/World news sites: Google News, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, UK Daily Mail, DrudgeReport

Frequently check ILGA for bill info, if they’re in session the audio or video stays on in the background

Dictionary.com at least five times a day

Pepper in Facebook or TelevisionWithoutPity during the downtime.

And at the end of the day on Fridays, I check the movie times at a few local theatres.

Comment by Queen B Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 1:46 pm
Well, since you asked:
1. Digg.com (top in last 24-hour highlights) for my random internet updates. WARNING: user driven content, therefore Not all is Safe For Workplace viewing.
2. Hulu.com to watch some TV while I get breakfast and ready for my day. (legal content)
3. Capitol Fax
4. Google reader for all other blogs: Illinoize, Various Gov’t Press Releases, SJ-R Statehouse, Clout Street, Fritchey’s Blog, and Huffington for Political Updates
5. Engadget, Lifehacker and Revision3 for my technophile side

Comment by Learning the Ropes Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 2:17 pm
Personal e-mail
Work e-mail
Activist e-mail
Blog e-mail
Check my blog; moderate comments; respond
Check Prairie State Blue; respond
Check local newspaper online (w/the Trib I read the dead tree version & can’t seem to change that habit)
Check DeKalb County Online
Typically this is 6-6:30 a.m.

If I’m out for the day, will check other blogs (plus do the e-mail & moderating things again) around the noon hour or mid-afternoon; if I’m in and working, will check a blog as a quick break every hour or two; if I’m in and planning to blog, check a few of my faves and then get to it. Blogs I try to hit several times per week include:

CapFax
The Rude Pundit
The Inside Dope (Quad Cities)
Thereisaway (Springfield)
DKos
Juan Cole

There are probably a dozen others that I hit a couple times per month, like AmConMag.com, Angry Black Bitch, Go Fug Yourself.

Between after-school stuff and meetings, I’m rarely on after 4 p.m. except maybe a couple quick on-offs before bedtime if there’s a good discussion going at one of the local “hangouts.”

Comment by yinn Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 2:38 pm
p.s. I guess I do do Facebook now, but only if somebody writes on my wall. And I do findlaw.com when it seems time for another John Dean commentary. He’s started a series on airline passengers’ lack of rights. It’s pretty interesting.

Comment by yinn Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 2:44 pm
Can we get some Archpundit love?!

Comment by PC Monday, Apr 14, 08 @ 10:12 pm