Comments on: Tomorrow is the National Day of Unplugging http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 19 May 2013 00:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Roschet http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/comment-page-1/#comment-1245508 Roschet Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:56:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79871#comment-1245508 Yep. 4th National Day of Unplugging. Lost a lot of good grandparents that day. Yep. 4th National Day of Unplugging. Lost a lot of good grandparents that day.

]]> By: Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/comment-page-1/#comment-1245400 Juli Monroe Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:37:51 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79871#comment-1245400 I assumed sundown to sundown meant tomorrow evening through Saturday evening, which would make a bit more sense. I assumed sundown to sundown meant tomorrow evening through Saturday evening, which would make a bit more sense.

]]> By: Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/comment-page-1/#comment-1245382 Dan Eldridge Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:57:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79871#comment-1245382 Greg - Good point. How are you supposed to unplug on a Friday if you work a traditional nine-to-five, and sit in front of a computer all day long? Odd choice of day, no doubt. Greg – Good point. How are you supposed to unplug on a Friday if you work a traditional nine-to-five, and sit in front of a computer all day long? Odd choice of day, no doubt.

]]> By: Greg M. http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/comment-page-1/#comment-1245331 Greg M. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:05:40 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79871#comment-1245331 Odd to have it on Friday, March 1. A weekend might make more sense. But I unplugged for a week last year when I went on a cruise to Mexico. No iphone, no laptop, no iPad, and no Kindle. I brought paper books. Life got along without them. Odd to have it on Friday, March 1. A weekend might make more sense. But I unplugged for a week last year when I went on a cruise to Mexico. No iphone, no laptop, no iPad, and no Kindle. I brought paper books. Life got along without them.

]]> By: Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/tech/march-1-is-the-national-day-of-unplugging/comment-page-1/#comment-1245323 Juli Monroe Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:50:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.com/?p=79871#comment-1245323 Well, this is interesting, and completely unworkable for me. All my books are electronic, so I'd have to spend a day not reading. Bummer! My husband and I play Pathfinder (a D&D-like role-playing game) on the weekends. That's spending time together and is a good thing, right? Well, where do we keep our characters? On our iPads! Where's the adventure? On our iPads! Sorry, not wasting the paper to print them out just for this one day. Cooking? Another great idea, and we do cook on weekends. Oh wait, where's our recipes? On our iPads! I get the intent. I do. But for practical purposes, I and a lot of other people, use our devices as a way to avoid paper. I'll interact plenty with family and friends, even without following the unplugging advice. Well, this is interesting, and completely unworkable for me. All my books are electronic, so I’d have to spend a day not reading. Bummer! My husband and I play Pathfinder (a D&D-like role-playing game) on the weekends. That’s spending time together and is a good thing, right? Well, where do we keep our characters? On our iPads! Where’s the adventure? On our iPads! Sorry, not wasting the paper to print them out just for this one day.

Cooking? Another great idea, and we do cook on weekends. Oh wait, where’s our recipes? On our iPads!

I get the intent. I do. But for practical purposes, I and a lot of other people, use our devices as a way to avoid paper. I’ll interact plenty with family and friends, even without following the unplugging advice.

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