I have noticed that on weekends the number of posts drops to just a fraction of what is posted during the normal work week. Does that mean that everyone is out playing Sat and Sun, or does it mean that most of you do your ETS stuff while at work? If that is the case, does your boss know about it, or do you have to play on the sly? And if that is the case, does it make you feel a little guilty, playing on company time, and on the company computer? What would happen if the boss caught you? I am really curious, where I worked there was very limited internet access for anyone, and you could not install ANYTHING on the company computers you had access to. Not sure what they are doing now, with wifi, personal computers, etc...

I try to look at ETS every morning, but there is is a time difference between US and holland...

I've noticed the same thing (slowdown on weekends), but to answer your question:

All my postings are done from home because, like in your old job, personal use of the computer is, for the most part, prohibited.

Hi OBG,

Nope, don't access personal sites from work, despite having extremely good internet access. My postings are normally evenings and/or weekends, unless I'm off work that weekday.

Despite infrequent postings, I sit and read the latest on ETS when I have a moment to myself.

Regards,
Comanche7

When at home, I try to check the ETS BB at least once a day, usually in the evenings.

When at work, I pass the watch, while on standby, by getting my laptop online (via air card), and looking at the ETS and other news sights.

I try not to post whatever idle thought crosses my mind but those subjects and ideas that I believe will be worth the time of those ETS members who read it. There are many postings that I will read but not comment on because of what has already been posted or because I think I would be wasting ETS space and member's time to read it. I try to keep my comments worthy or I don't post anything.

Mostly (90%) connection to ETS Forum is from home.
Occasionnaly, it's from work : ie, when installing a system at night, or during week-end, it takes a looong time to initialise the disks and to install the OS... then, if an Internet connection is available, I come visit the forum.

I attempt to read the ETS forums daily, whether at home or work. Due to my schedule and position, I'm afforded unlimited internet access at work. Additionally, I pass along a lot of the information gleaned from this site to colleagues and local first responders. Lots of good information here.

I don't post here very often but I do read this and many other forums from work all the time. My work has filters that block access to certain sites that they don't want people visiting, and I figure anything else is fair game as long as I get my work done.

I don't feel guilty about browsing the web from work because I'm very good at what I do, I get it done on time, and I don't let browsing the web interfere with it.

In my house, we all have our own laptops, including my 8 year old son. We have a wireless network and we're HEAVY internet users (We haven't have a television for close to 10 years, so we get all our entertainment through the computers), and as a result, we feel a need to SHUT THE DARN THINGS OFF on the weekends. We have a simple rule - Sundown Friday to Sundown Sunday, no computer screens EXCEPT for the "home base" system, which is a computer that serves as our stereo/DVD player/family calendar server/photo album viewer. But our personal computers generally stay OFF on the weekend.

At work, we're actively encouraged to "take a break" to use other sites, and even to take on small freelance "side jobs" now and then to keep our minds sharp and flexible. At this moment, I'm at the office, it's 9:24 AM, and I've been working since 6:50 AM, so it's a natural breakpoint.

I wrote an article on this subject a while ago, here it is:

http://19k.blogspot.com/2007/06/on-management.html

One of the very few advantages of being a small business owner is that I can take a few minutes every day to look at the forums that interest me. As far my employees are concerned, it's a small shop and we are more like family than anything else; as long as the work gets done and the system doesn't start getting nasty viruses and spyware, I don't monitor their internet usage.

Weekends are for outdoor stuff if at all possible. I check my email from home over the weekend - that's about it.

Frank2135