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Poll: What's the first thing you do when you sit down at the computer each day? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What's the first thing you do when you sit down at the computer each day?".
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Michael Harris 
Germany
Local time: 10:07
Member (2006)
German to English
| check my e-mails or | Apr 4, 2010 |
you could say, turn the computer on first;-)
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 10:07
Spanish to English
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| 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.
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Simon Cole
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:07
Member (2008)
French to English
..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".
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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.
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 09:07
Member (2007)
English
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| 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.
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Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 04:07
Member (2009)
French to English
| 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.
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| 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)
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Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 05:07
Portuguese to English
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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.
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Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:07
German to English
| 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.
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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.
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Ildiko Santana
United States
Local time: 01:07
Member (2002)
Hungarian to English
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MODERATOR | 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. : )
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 10:07
Spanish to English
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| 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.
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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.
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Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 05:07
Portuguese to English
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| 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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