Two friends in Virginia, Amber and Amanda, spent a month earlier this year on a digital detox. Amber started thinking about going offline for a month, she writes, when I
Nick Bilton, who like me seems to go everywhere with a really nice camera (you don’t this kind of bokeh from a smartphone camera), has a couple recent
That's certainly one way to get around an Internet blocking plug-in!
Venture capitalists are starting to discover, or at least starting to write about, digital Sabbaths. Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group, has a thoughtful piece a couple weeks
Verge writer Paul Miller (the Verge does some excellent work now, in case you haven't noticed) spent a year offline, and writes about the experience. It's sort of
Tony Schwartz (who I've mentioned before) unplugs: The first time I felt a distracting impulse, it was to Google something I'd read. The initial pull was compelling, but
I'll be on City Lights radio tonight at 7 pm, talking about digital distraction with Neema Moraveji and Stephanie Brown. City Visions Radio presents: Texting and Tranquility: Finding
The ironies of modern life, I suppose, a surprisingly affordable Scottish guesthouse. Described as "Scotland's Wildest Guesthouse", Skiary is situated on the unspoilt shores of Loch Hourn, wonderfully
This morning I happened upon two different pieces about Aaron Swartz: Quinn Norton's very personal, hard to read piece about her role in the case; and Larissa MacFarquhar's
This time next year, I'm going to commemorate National Day of Unplugging by posting the chapter of my book that talks about Digital Sabbaths. (Be warned, Little Brown!) For