Posted On: October 29, 2009
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photo by Kirk Horsted
BreakAway hates to be so fussy about the omnipresence of screen obsession. But really, aren’t we all tiring of people who can’t drive, socialize or—brace yourself—sit on the toilet without a…
Posted On: October 11, 2009
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photo by Kirk Horsted
At the impressive UnSummit unconference Saturday, I hosted a session called “You: Unplugged” for a roomful of truly screen-centric souls. I was prepared to speak heresy and spark controversy. Imagine my…
Posted On: October 1, 2009
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Photo by Mykl Roventine
When hundreds of techno geeks and tweeting freaks gather on October 10 to discuss social media (live and virtually), I will take the stage to preach the gospel of unplugging.
The…
Posted On: September 2, 2009
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After years of being a media maven—and making millions in the process— mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby is going on Sabbatical. Her husband, Businessweek media columnist Jon Fine, will join her—and they plan to blog their…
Posted On: August 30, 2009
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Read all about it: Maybe Facebook is just another fad—destined to go the way of the CB radio (Go ahead break!) In this short but expert article, Virginia Heffernan describes the not-so hidden motives of…
Posted On: July 25, 2009
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Now here’s a sweet treatise sure to send you to your hammock to contemplate the perfection of pointlessness. In a world of crazybusy, internet buzz, and self-importance, Mr. Young’s revelations ring true for this summer-centered…
Posted On: July 9, 2009
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One of the best benefits of our 69-day BreakAway was that it forced my family into a less digi-centric lifestyle. And with fresh stimuli and waves surrounding us, nobody seemed to mind. In fact, they…
Posted On: June 15, 2009
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Time with families is down. Way down. 28% down from a year ago—about the same period of time that FaceBook doubled its members from 100 million to 200 million.
I remember a broken TV with…
Posted On: June 13, 2009
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I LOVE this ranty post… Not only does doubleX’s Samantha Henig nail it with her comments on how digi-devices detour us from driving and decorum, she articulates how they’re killing the art of the conversation,…
Posted On: June 4, 2009
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Carleton College resides in bucolic Northfield, Minnesota—where some of us went to St. Olaf, the college on the OTHER side of the river. Back “in the day,” we didn’t have to worry about unplugging (unless…
