When the internet started to catch my interest, it has become part of my daily routine to surf and get hooked. Mostly my favorite sites are about news and business trends. To some extent, I adapted a routine visit of reuters, bloomberg, bworldonline, the site of the bank i worked for, mtv, youtube, and facebook (of course!).

I wonder how much time do I really spend in the internet? If i would estimate, I am in social networks by 20% of the time, 30% on news, and 50% on videos and other lifestyle sites. I am so attracted with video and animation on the different sites I visit, and it is a sure return if I experience updated ones. Spending time watching and browsing on these sites provides me good entertainment. I just wonder why I'm attracted to it.

I believe each one of us have their own peculiar interest in the internet. Personally, I think mine is news reading, emailing, know how my friends are doing, and my desire to search for information and knowledge. The videos show a clear audio visual experience, and is the easiest to appreciate. The news is simply a need that I must do to update me on current events. Communicating, on the other hand, is because it's inevitable. In totality, all of these are my online activities that form part of my life in the internet.

One factor that describes my desires for the things on the internet is rooted on our culture. The way we are educated and raised, the work we do, the family interests and the influence of our peers and friends; somehow add to the whole aspect of our Netizen character. This is well evidenced by how people in different countries, so diverse from each other, statistically leave different footprints on the net. In closing this post today, let me share this information I found on how we are part of this cyber-world: