I want to do an experiment to see what it's like to be unplugged for 1 year. Of course I realize I can't be unplugged from everything. But I want to at least do the following.
1.)Stop reading online news and browsing social news sites.
2.)Stop going to any website, if it's not a website to either check my mail, pay my bills, or have a question that I already have answered.
3.)Not buy an new electronic devices/toys, and not keep up with, same old when is this new gizmo coming out.
4.)Not download/purchase any new software apps, music, etc.
5.)Not try to research any new programming/database/web app technologies.
6.)Not reading any books or magazines, unless they are direct reference materials for some problem I am trying to solve.
However I do want to
1.)Keep up with my fitness goals. I use GymGoal for the iPhone, it's the best app I have found that works for me for body building.
2.)Really learn the technologies I am interested now. Learn it so well I can start pointing out the flaws in each tool. iOS Development, NoSql Databases (Redis,Hbase,MongoDb, and Cassandra),learning Ruby,Python,C,C++,erlang,javascript,x86 and arm assembly, truly well, build a web app using ROR and NodeJS, and build and server on local machines as well as the cloud.
3.)Keeping up with/maintaining and building upon , relationships that I already have with friends and family.
4.)Using whatever tools/software I have to the fullest,learning the minute details of each.
This for me will be an exercise in not only self control, but also how my view of the world will change if it does so.
I want thoughts to come to my head naturally; not being spoon feed through blogs, social web sites.
So I will keep track of this every day. I will bookmark this post and pretty much update for 1 year, every day.
----------------------------
Day 0:
