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Step Away from the Computer
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Written by Jeremy Somers from ItsArtDammit.
Life. We all have one, but over the past 10 years or so, many of ours have become quite digital. Nahh, F*** that. I was going to write something “oh-so-lovely” and heartfelt crap about spending time away from the computer, but I’ll be succinct. If you’re smart enough to see what the computers can do for us, you’re smart enough to know that time spent away from them is just as valuable as time in front of them.
Get back out into the world and do something. Go outside (not to a wireless hotspot), be social (but don’t hurt yourself trying), talk to your friends (without saying lol), spend time with your family (without mentioning Ebay, Amazon or Google), eat something that can’t possibly be eaten cold the morning after (pizza exempt) and do what Noah’s done and get people to do your work for you?….bum.
While I’m here I’ll share the moment which explains why I wanted to write this post. While getting dressed yesterday, I turned my awesome t-shirt (www.peoplelikeuscollective.com shameless plug) inside-out only to realize it was already the right way around. My first and oh-so-embarrassing thought was, and I quote “Shit. Ctrl Z.”
I rest my case.
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Jeremy Somers wrote Step Away from the Computer on August 29th, 2006 and there are 8 comments. There will be one more after you add yours, though. Read more posts by Jeremy Somers.
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8 Responses to “Step Away from the Computer”
August 29th, 2006
12:33 pm
yeah, I tried to copy and paste some information into a paper form the other day…
August 29th, 2006
5:13 pm
I nicked myself with the shaver the other day and I had that exact thought (CTRL+Z)
Sometimes we just need to take a big step away from the computing life… there are more important things to life like enjoying the simpler things like taking a walk, enjoying the sunset, enjoying the company of others…
August 30th, 2006
6:16 am
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August 30th, 2006
9:39 am
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August 30th, 2006
9:58 am
[...] Don’t get hung up on the word ‘exploit’ though. It’s not meant to have that negative connotation. To be an entrepreneur all you really need to do is take advantage of a situation. But you can’t do that by simply brainstorming. Maybe I need to take some of my own advice and step away from the computer. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
August 31st, 2006
2:56 am
I know what you mean. Just yesterday, I was thinking of how much information I’m bombarded with every day as I sit in front of a computer for 10+ hours. I was imagining sitting alone in the middle of a quiet forest and then I had to respond to about a hundred emails and check out the latest guest post on okdork.com
August 31st, 2006
2:36 pm
CTRL Z comments are classic.
I recently had to hand write a letter. The sad thing is, i spend so much time typing that holding a pen and pad of paper actually felt foreign.
Cheers
C
September 3rd, 2006
1:42 pm
Why go outside when you can travel to a better Second Life home o the internet. Kidding…
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