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Poll: What's the first thing you do when you sit down at the computer each day?
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Apr 4, 2010

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Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germania
Local time: 02:51
Membro (2006)
Da Tedesco a Inglese
check my e-mails or Apr 4, 2010

you could say, turn the computer on first;-)

 
John Cutler
John Cutler  Identity Verified
Spagna
Local time: 02:51
Da Spagnolo a Inglese
+ ...
Varies, but... Apr 4, 2010

I answered that it varies, but as a general rule I look at my emails. For me, that's the first step in organizing my day.

 
Simon Cole
Simon Cole  Identity Verified
Regno Unito
Local time: 01:51
Membro (2008)
Da Francese a Inglese
Usually... Apr 4, 2010

..check my e-mail but if I have a deadline and need to focus, I get straight into the work. In a former corporate life, I often responded to a call asking me if I had recieved an e-mail was "No, my mail box isn't open; I'm getting some work done instead".

 
Oleksandr Derkach
Oleksandr Derkach  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 02:51
Da Francese a Russo
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Music, then e-mail Apr 4, 2010

First, I go to streaming radio to play music and then check e-mail.

 
Sheila Wilson
Sheila Wilson  Identity Verified
Spagna
Local time: 01:51
Membro (2007)
Inglese
+ ...
First emails, then bank accounts Apr 4, 2010

I check my bank accounts daily, apart from Sundays and Mondays when nothing will have changed, to see how much has come in and how much has gone out.

It doesn't alter how much I work, but I do like to know how things stand.


 
Jenn Mercer
Jenn Mercer  Identity Verified
Stati Uniti
Local time: 20:51
Membro (2009)
Da Francese a Inglese
I said check email... Apr 4, 2010

but I got a good chuckle out of "check the quick poll, of course" and "stare blankly at the screen while the coffee kicks in." I actually stare blankly at a newspaper while I'm drinking my coffee, but after dropping my daughter off at school, I will read (more) of my email. These days, I check my phone for urgent emails before I even get to my computer.

 
Gianluca Marras
Gianluca Marras  Identity Verified
Italia
Local time: 02:51
Da Inglese a Italiano
news and coffee Apr 4, 2010

1) have breakfast in front of the news online, then after 10 mins my day can start...
2) chek my email
3) work on the project I left the day before (or a new one)


 
Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)  Identity Verified
Brasile
Local time: 21:51
Da Portoghese a Inglese
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e-mail first Apr 4, 2010

I always check my e-mail first to see what's going on and if there are any new jobs, etc. Then I check Facebook to see what my friends/colleagues are up to. Then I usually check ProZ and the new poll!

After that, I settle down to work.


 
Bob Kerns (X)
Bob Kerns (X)  Identity Verified
Germania
Local time: 02:51
Da Tedesco a Inglese
I first switch it on Apr 4, 2010

The first thing I do when I sit down at my computer each day is to switch it on!

Looks like everyone else here leaves their computer on all night.


 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 02:51
Da Italiano a Inglese
+ ...
various Apr 4, 2010

You really switch it on and then sit and wait for it to load?
Maybe your computer loads a lot faster than mine!

I switch it on, go away and do other things, then come back and get stuck in .... check my various webmail accounts as well as downloading the post which contains the REAL work, maybe look at the news.
Then I have to resign myself to getting some work done.



Bob Kerns wrote:

The first thing I do when I sit down at my computer each day is to switch it on!

Looks like everyone else here leaves their computer on all night.


 
Ildiko Santana
Ildiko Santana  Identity Verified
Stati Uniti
Local time: 17:51
Membro (2002)
Da Ungherese a Inglese
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Moderatore
Other: coffee and board games Apr 4, 2010

While the caffeine kicks in, I make moves in my online tournament games of Backgammon and Go-Moku (checkers variation). Gets my mind going whilst occasional mistakes don't have dire consequences. : )

 
Parrot
Parrot  Identity Verified
Spagna
Local time: 02:51
Da Spagnolo a Inglese
+ ...
Another for e-mail Apr 4, 2010

One of the nagging fears of this business is the possibility some client didn't get his file for some reason.

 
Marlene Blanshay
Marlene Blanshay  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 20:51
Membro (2009)
Da Francese a Inglese
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email Apr 4, 2010

I check my email first thing since that's how I find out about any work related stuff...i have three accounts, two of which are for work.

Then i get to work after breakfast with my big coffee.


 
Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)  Identity Verified
Brasile
Local time: 21:51
Da Portoghese a Inglese
+ ...
I actually do leave it on all night... Apr 5, 2010

Bob Kerns wrote:

The first thing I do when I sit down at my computer each day is to switch it on!

Looks like everyone else here leaves their computer on all night.


I have a MacBook Pro and hardly ever turn it off. I just close the lid and it goes to sleep ... just like me.


 
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