Personal Profile Summary
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| Average Smartphone Usage |
I notice my mobile usage is very similar to the average listed at the on the Average Smartphone Usage by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American life Project back in 2011.
I like to leave me phone turned off at night, so my day begins
with turning my phone on first thing in the morning and check the weather in
preparation for the day. And then immediately after that, I check my 3 linked
emails on my phone, 2 personal and 1 work-related, to see if there are any
important emails I missed overnight and remove what I consider as “junk” out of
my inboxes. I’m fairly consistent with
these 2 actions in the morning to a point it almost became automatic.
As I mentioned before, I have my work email setup on my
phone and I can’t help it to look at it every time my phone vibrates for
attention; for I receive quite a bit of email communication with my colleagues,
clients, and suppliers daily. This then take up most of my usage on my mobile
device. Another major area that I use my mobile device for is entertainment. Throughout
the day, I jump in and out of my phone to check on Facebook and Instagram for
status updates, as well as occasionally reply to text messages as they come in.
I also take a few minute here and there to check on some the games that I
installed and apps that prompts me with notifications. Reading on the feeds
from the Flipboard App also is one of my daily routines. That goes on for the
remaining of the day until I shut it off at night around 10:00pm.
Personal Assessment:
Although I don’t keep my phone on all day long, but I do
feel like that I’m extremely attached to it when my phone is within my reach; especially
with the work email connected to the phone. As a rough estimate, I would say I’m
on my phone at least 20 minutes of any given hour, 90% of it would be work
related and the rest (10%) goes to personal activities. The demand for
attention to the work email was so overwhelmed to a point that even having
time-off doesn't necessary steer me away from checking the work email. Apparently,
I was not the only person who experience that. The article from iPass “MobileWorkforce Survey results: Section 2: To Connect or Disconnect?” shows that
people stay connected to work even during their scheduled vacation time.
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| Do you connect to technology when on vacation for work or personal reasons? |
Just to put everything in context, my mobile usage focuses
mostly on email and messaging; communication related activities makes up most
of my mobile usage. I like the idea of instant connection and I don’t have to
delay my respond regardless of the content. Tracking my usage in one day does
give me a “full picture” and help me realise how attached I am to it. It leads
me to understand how much time I spent on work related item compare to my
personal usage. I also notice that I rarely use my cell phone for buying and
shopping purposes.
Just for fun though, it is hard not to compare what the actual
statistic on messaging, and I found this image on “Toilet Texting”. Do I do
that? (…maybe!?!)
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| Toilet Texting |
Consumer Views of Email Marketing 2013: On-the-Street Interviews
Finally, I think I'm too prominent to notifications on my
phone. Every time the phone vibrate is like a “call-to-action” for me to pick
it up, both mobile notifications and received emails. I’m just glad that I turn
my phone off at night just to have a break from all of these notifications. But
if you ask me, are you using your mobile too much, I don’t think my answer is a
definite “Yes”; maybe because I’ve already gotten use to the way I use my
mobile device and the amount of time I spent on it. I have never consider
turning off all the notifications because I like to stay on-top with things,
and have a timely response for both work-related and personal messages.
Gary,
ReplyDeleteThe toilet texting infographic is interesting. Email and messaging dominate my mobile usage, too. I'm curious to read where others spend their time.
I like the comparison between the phone vibrating and the 'call to action'. Such a great image.
Hi Gary - the part of your assignment that talks about people checking their phones for work related topics is interesting. I purposely keep two separate phones (one for work and the other for personal use) so I can physically leave it behind when away.
ReplyDeleteAnd when you mentioned checking your phone almost automatically in the morning as part of your routine, I imagine you aren't the only one doing it. Good time to send out some marketing material via mobile like you suggest. Coffee companies... here is a buyer ripe for the picking!