Comments on: Internet Sabbath http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: @ phone http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6795 @ phone Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:40:01 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6795 It would be very hard to go without, internet, phone, tv and cell phone for a week. It would be very hard to go without, internet, phone, tv and cell phone for a week.

]]> By: Spencer Schoeben http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6376 Spencer Schoeben Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:46:32 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6376 So glad to see you had a positive experience with this too. :) http://netspencer.com/2009/08/we-live-inside-a-bubble/ So glad to see you had a positive experience with this too. :)

http://netspencer.com/2009/08/we-live-inside-a-bubble/

]]> By: Nat Friedman http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 Nat Friedman Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:25:15 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6278 I think it's simple addiction. I think it’s simple addiction.

]]> By: Simon http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6271 Simon Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:21:16 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6271 Why do people find it so hard to be out of touch? I spent a couple of months recently travelling South America - roughly half the places I stayed at had provided free internet, and that was more than enough for me to keep in touch with friends and family, without having to stop off at internet cafes a couple of times a day... Why do people find it so hard to be out of touch? I spent a couple of months recently travelling South America – roughly half the places I stayed at had provided free internet, and that was more than enough for me to keep in touch with friends and family, without having to stop off at internet cafes a couple of times a day…

]]> By: Matt Henley http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6270 Matt Henley Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:42:05 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6270 I found it pretty easy to go for a week with no internet while on a cruise despite being pretty addicted to the internet. Something about laying by the pool and scuba diving managed to distract me... (skiing would probably be the same) However, we had no electricity for 14 days due to hurricane Ike a while back.. that was torture.. no way to check maps for areas of Houston with repairs, no way to update friends on the latest propane gourmet... I actually felt relieved to go back to work just to surf the net. I found it pretty easy to go for a week with no internet while on a cruise despite being pretty addicted to the internet. Something about laying by the pool and scuba diving managed to distract me… (skiing would probably be the same)

However, we had no electricity for 14 days due to hurricane Ike a while back.. that was torture.. no way to check maps for areas of Houston with repairs, no way to update friends on the latest propane gourmet… I actually felt relieved to go back to work just to surf the net.

]]> By: iain http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6269 iain Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:45:26 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6269 And yet no-one has linked you to this: http://xkcd.com/77/ And yet no-one has linked you to this: http://xkcd.com/77/

]]> By: Leonardo Fontenelle http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6268 Leonardo Fontenelle Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:24:17 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6268 Once in a while I do get an offline day, some times intentionally, some time by accident. But the hardest part, for me, is to make it a habit. Once in a while I do get an offline day, some times intentionally, some time by accident. But the hardest part, for me, is to make it a habit.

]]> By: Dave http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6267 Dave Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:14:26 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6267 Congratulations! I do this fairly often when traveling or snowboarding for a weekend. Though I'll say it's much easier because I don't have an internet phone. It's amazing how much time we "waste" doing online stuff that adds little to our lives. I try to limit it so that I experience more of the real, physical world... and meet people in person... but that's hard when I'm trying to publicize a book online ;-) Congratulations! I do this fairly often when traveling or snowboarding for a weekend. Though I’ll say it’s much easier because I don’t have an internet phone.

It’s amazing how much time we “waste” doing online stuff that adds little to our lives. I try to limit it so that I experience more of the real, physical world… and meet people in person… but that’s hard when I’m trying to publicize a book online ;-)

]]> By: boklm http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6266 boklm Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:49:01 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6266 I do it sometimes for a few days. Go hiking in the mountains in a place where there is no internet and phone :) I do it sometimes for a few days. Go hiking in the mountains in a place where there is no internet and phone :)

]]> By: dria http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6264 dria Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:44:31 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6264 As I've mentioned elsewhere, taking two full weeks offline for a vacation was amazing...that was Nov 2008, and we replicated it largely on vacation this summer, but only for a week or so. It is a remarkable experience. I read more. Books, that is. Total number of words consumed was probably a lot less. I read recently that we take in some 100,000+ words per day, all told -- web, email, radio, tv, conversations, etc. If you aren't consuming those words from other sources, that's a novel per day. And that's what I averaged when I was offline and on vacation in France. Maybe it's just a matter of how much our brains can actually consume and process. If we're offline, we have the capacity to consume information from other sources, perhaps? Either way, I find it incredibly relaxing. The internet -- irc, im, twitter, facebook, email, web, rss feeds, all the rest -- is simply exhausting much of the time. Our attention is so stretched and we're switching context so often. I'm amazed we manage to pull it off, especially on a daily basis. I tried going offline for weekends, but it just doesn't work. I figure a two week internet-free period every year is sufficient -- and it really feels like a vacation then. Possibly different for people who don't work in the tech industry. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, taking two full weeks offline for a vacation was amazing…that was Nov 2008, and we replicated it largely on vacation this summer, but only for a week or so. It is a remarkable experience. I read more. Books, that is. Total number of words consumed was probably a lot less. I read recently that we take in some 100,000+ words per day, all told — web, email, radio, tv, conversations, etc. If you aren’t consuming those words from other sources, that’s a novel per day. And that’s what I averaged when I was offline and on vacation in France.

Maybe it’s just a matter of how much our brains can actually consume and process. If we’re offline, we have the capacity to consume information from other sources, perhaps? Either way, I find it incredibly relaxing. The internet — irc, im, twitter, facebook, email, web, rss feeds, all the rest — is simply exhausting much of the time. Our attention is so stretched and we’re switching context so often. I’m amazed we manage to pull it off, especially on a daily basis.

I tried going offline for weekends, but it just doesn’t work. I figure a two week internet-free period every year is sufficient — and it really feels like a vacation then. Possibly different for people who don’t work in the tech industry.

]]> By: Nat Friedman http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6262 Nat Friedman Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:40:14 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6262 I'm thinking about trying for a longer stretch myself. If I do, I'll let you know how it goes. I'm still vegetarian. I did start eating fish occasionally this summer, when Stephanie and I were in French Polynesia for our honeymoon. Some of the islands we visited had harsh coral soil and couldn't grow any vegetables or fruit. So if you didn't eat fish you were pretty much stuck with coconuts. I caved and ate some fish. Last week I had a piece of salmon. It's a once-in-a-while thing, still. Sometimes I wish I could eat meat, because it's such an easy way to get protein, and it smells so good, but I still find it disgusting. When people ask me why I'm vegetarian, that's what I tell them: meat grosses me out. Why don't you eat insects? I’m thinking about trying for a longer stretch myself. If I do, I’ll let you know how it goes.

I’m still vegetarian. I did start eating fish occasionally this summer, when Stephanie and I were in French Polynesia for our honeymoon. Some of the islands we visited had harsh coral soil and couldn’t grow any vegetables or fruit. So if you didn’t eat fish you were pretty much stuck with coconuts. I caved and ate some fish. Last week I had a piece of salmon. It’s a once-in-a-while thing, still.

Sometimes I wish I could eat meat, because it’s such an easy way to get protein, and it smells so good, but I still find it disgusting. When people ask me why I’m vegetarian, that’s what I tell them: meat grosses me out. Why don’t you eat insects?

]]> By: Srichand Pendyala http://nat.org/blog/2009/12/internet-sabbath/comment-page-1/#comment-6261 Srichand Pendyala Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:36:11 +0000 http://nat.org/blog/?p=1501#comment-6261 I tried this once, for a whole week. The start is easy but the middle part gets increasingly tougher. The end of course is the hardest part. Its more of a "Oh just two more hours and I can blog about it!" thing. (Curious to know, are you still a vegetarian?) I tried this once, for a whole week. The start is easy but the middle part gets increasingly tougher. The end of course is the hardest part. Its more of a “Oh just two more hours and I can blog about it!” thing.

(Curious to know, are you still a vegetarian?)

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