I will admit that I am one of those people that always has at least one of the following items on me at all times: phone, laptop, iPod, camera. I am also one that is constantly signed into Gmail, I check my Facebook daily, and I have added close to 100 songs to my iPod over the last few days. Having grown up as a camping/canoeing/hiking/roughin' it kid, I am ashamed and sad that I've moved away from that lifestyle.
This morning, I found some motivation to reconnect with my younger years. I read this article in Time.
While so many people will be out there buying and trying, I'm comfortable with the idea that this new techie device may not have as huge of an impact on new media as everyone originally thought. I'll wait until something really revolutionary comes around before being persuaded to forfeit yet another portion of my disconnected childhood.I'm not saying that all of this new stuff is bad, I just want my share of it in moderation.
Hopefully I don't fall back into the abyss like this guy. Note the links in this articles. I know as bloggers we are encouraged to add links, multimedia, photos, etc. but this might be too much. If anything they are just reinforcing exactly what the "unplugged" idea is fighting against. I also found it ironic that so many people tweeted about how going off the grid for 24-hours is such a great idea. Let's see them actually do it now.
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