I'm a bit of an internet addict. I love google and I love message boards. But I really want to break away from the mindless clicking and refreshing within message boards when I really would get better value from say only 3 visits a day (which I'm sure would be a lot to most people anyway). I'm sure my children would appreciate it too - in fact I have commissioned a willing *reminder* in the form of a 4yr old "mum, you're not going on the computer when we're awake" - ok, so they're busy happily playing at the moment ;).
What I have also discovered are Google Alerts. Am I the last person to know about this wonderful tool?!
A lovely lady commented on one of my other blog entries, and after doing a wee visit to her site she talked about Alerts (and I enjoyed reading her blog too!). I now have a few daily alerts on particular topics I am really interested in and in the two days since I have received them I have read some interesting news articles and blogs that I would never have chanced upon. Even though I now have a bit more reading to do, I'm finding it richer and more fulfilling and therefore don't have the need to be tied to this darn thing for so long...and I have a huge pile of books I want to get through.
Although I would feel kinda lost without the internet, there is an exciting life to live outside of it!
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