A Day in the Life of a Wired Consumer
7 A.M.
Stumble out of bed and log onto MyExcite (www.excite.com), which greets you with a cheery ''Welcome Harry,'' for your local weather and info on your personal stock portfolio.
9 A.M.
In the office, you're running low on floppy disks and printer paper. Log into your personal account on the company intranet with Office Depot (www.officedepot.com), click a few boxes, and the stuff's on its way.
10 A.M.
Calling up your department's intranet page, you print out market research reports on rivals you had asked a software ''agent'' to search for.
11 A.M.
American Airlines (www.aa.com) just sent an E-mail with a special fare on your usual business route next week.
2 P.M.
An E-mail from Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) tells you the John Grisham book you asked to be alerted about is out. You hit the hyperlink, land at Amazon.com, and with one more click, the book is on its way to you.
12 P.M.
While you're at the deli, your cell phone beeps. The digital readout says some stocks you own hit predetermined sell prices. Tap in your sell orders, and they go out instantly over the Net to your broker.
3:30 P.M.
An alert on your customized contact service at PlanetAll (www.planetall.com) says your dad's birthday is next week. Log onto the comparison shopping service MySimon (www.mysimon.com), which sends out a personal ''bot'' to scour the Net for the lowest price on the Sinatra boxed set.
5:30 P.M.
While listening to a supplier drone on about widgets, you surf Garden Escape (www.garden.com), check out landscaping plans you did online for your garden, click the Plant Finder for what will grow in that sunny border, and order the suggested marigolds.
9 P.M.
You'll need a bigger house to fit that St. Bernard. Log onto Coldwell Banker's Personal Retriever homebuying site and peruse your personal portfolio of homes that meet your criteria.
7:30 P.M.
The kids want a dog. Surf over Ralston-Purina's breed finder www.purina. com), fill out the questionnaire on your lifestyle and the kinds of dogs you like, and the site provides a ranked list. Yikes--a St. Bernard's at the top.
10 P.M.
Time to relax. At Imagine Radio (www. imagineradio.com), click on ''Harry's Jazz Station,'' a Web audio feed programmed with your favorite artists, and let Miles Davis blow your tensions away.
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