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The impossibility of a screen-free life

January 4, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Internet culture, The offline world
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Screen overload

When was the last time you went screen-free for a day? I’m not even talking about a whole week or a month here – just a single day. When was the last time you went screen-free for a whopping 24 hours? Spending any amount of time without a screen is getting harder and harder with each year that goes by. So how exactly…

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Owning vs. renting in the digital age

December 15, 2011 Posted by Sophy Bot under The offline world
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Holiday presents, physical belongings

Ah, the holidays. ‘Tis the season of giving, the season of receiving, the season of packing our homes just a little more tightly to accommodate all of our new toys and keepsakes. ‘Tis the season of pushing last year’s stuff further into the backs of closets and storage bins, of reveling in the new and forgetting about the old – unless, of course,…

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Book excerpt: Mr. Bro

December 5, 2011 Posted by Sophy Bot under Identity, The offline world
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big_lebowski

“What’s ‘dude?’ Is that like ‘dude ranch?’” “Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.” – Easy Rider, 1969 “Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not ‘Mr. Lebowski.’ You’re Mr. Lebowski. I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into…

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Remembering downtime

September 21, 2011 Posted by Sophy Bot under The offline world, Work/Life Separation
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Cable frustration

It’s no secret that technology is everywhere. Touchscreen this, automated that, internet-connected those; in the modern world, there’s just no running away from our electronic counterparts. This we do not seem to mind. The part that gives us trouble is the fact that technology is every-when. According to a recent report from iPass, 35% of mobile workers check their email first thing in…

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