All of the above…isn’t that what wowOwow gives me? I still don’t trust the net completely for research. There’s still nothing like the books I find at the library for well-rounded insight and accuracy into people and events. Stats have their place, but they rarely tell the whole story.

DaiIy I check in on the local forums, read about 10 blogs, post to my own blog, read my emails, and do a quick check of non-local headlines and opinion (NYT, WOW, HuffPost). I research and fact check (as much as possible online) for articles I’m writing, send in work (articles and photographs) to editors, and send out proposals. I research for fiction writing; readers will notice if you have a detail wrong (i.e., a character reading a magazine from the wrong era or an incorrect historic figure or event for the year). I read the comic strip “Cathy” online - since my print paper dropped it. I price things we are considering purchasing and look for product reviews of same. Recipes. Very occasionally I shop online - Amazon, Coldwater Creek. Hmm, I didn’t realize how much I was doing online.

Reading the news but also exploring new websites, learning new things, seeing what is new.

It’s true, I do shop, but sometimes I have to do research on meds for family and friends. You would be suprised at the advances in modern medicine. Sometimes I end up watching funny animal vidios. When I miss a favorite program on tv, I catch it on the web.

mine is really a combination of all the above. I read the news and do social networking (wowowow) in the mornings. During the day I’ll use it for school or research. in the evenings i may go back to news and wow but will also shop when i’m in the mood.

I’m a Realtor; we operate online. I do my banking online, as well as pay a few bills. Read scads of think tank papers. Read about 12 news sources a day, and follow important news stories’ progressions. And, of course, I am on here communicating with everybody and keeping up probably more than I’m willing to admit…

During these winter months, when it’s raining or snowing, I spend hours on line. I check national and international news, and political blogs every morning. My computer is my library card - an entree to libraries, research sites, and museums around the world. Since I live in the mountains where shopping is limited, I shop on-line for books, gifts, clothing, and art supplies. My family and friends are scattered around the world, so we email, almost daily. Off-line, I do some writing and am experimenting with my cyber-tablet. I’m grateful every day that I live in the computer age!

Wowowow is addicting. Love listening to all the many thoughts. My other sight is now Change.gov The Obama administration is working to gather a steady group of a few million on-line voices and workers at the ready to continue to be a deliberative democracy. Thank you David Plouffe.

Duh - Social networking on Wow, then the news. Sometimes the news comes first.

Working because I have an interactive 24/7 etiquette Web site, www.NewportManners.com, that I nurture. With questions about etiquette, manners, and relationship behavior popping up on my site from all corners of the world, I am constantly answering questions. My readers won’t settle for anything other than a lightening-quick response and I try to oblige. During the holidays and wedding seasons I see the most traffic, but with the downturn in the economy I am finding that, more and more, people want to know how to do the right thing in the thriftiest way. Since we New Englanders pride ourselves in our penny-wise, penny-pinching lifestyle, I try to live up to that ideal. The Internet is my work-life. The archives on my site are the foundation of my book Newport Etiquette & Modern Manners. The questions that I answer and choose to save in my archives, tell us a lot about the concerns of people from many cultures in real time. To me the most interesting part of etiquette is its ability to change with the times. Yes, there are valid reasons for certain rules, but none are carved in stone. Watching etiquette evolve even from one year to the next is fascinating. After all, good etiquette is about flexibility and compromise, as well as compassion. For instance, a single-sex male couple moving in together and holding a housewarming party wanted to know if it would be all right to fill out a gift registry, once called a “bridal registry.” Over the years I’ve watched my readers’ interests transmogrify from being downright prissy to totally pragmatic. As you can tell by now, my whole life is the Internet. As I am constantly on-line in an attempt to keep up with our changing culture and morals, sites such as wowOwow, Stuff White People Like, StumbleUpon, the DailyBeast, the HuffingtonPost, the Spectator, and various newspaper and social networking sites, here and abroad, keep me thinking about what people really want to know about conducting oneself well.