"Unplugged", are you able to live this way?

[heidita]

I have just read an article about Canada. As it appears, the minister for civil rights and immigration ( I am translating, so I don't know if this denomination is exact), has "suggested" civil servants to unplug their Blackberries between 7pm and 7 am. The measure is pretending to confront the problems which "abuse of connectivity" is causing in the country.

The advantages of new technology doesn't seem to be so advantageous any more as collateral damages ahave appeared: homes made a second office, and a romantic dinner spoilt by sending "urgent" e-mails. Devices like the Blackberry, invented by a Canadian , have generated work habits which are not always "healthy". Everybody seems to expect an immediate answer nowadays which elevates stress.
Now the administration is trying to avoid this. Even some private inicitatives start to flourish. Hotels like the Sheraton in -Chicago offer its clients to deposit in their PDAs and some holiday resorts offer "unplugged" options.

Can you live unplugged? Does your Blackberry go with you everywhere? What about the portable computer or the mobile phone? Do you think you can go without them?

saludos desde España

 

[Tdol]

Do you think you can go without them?

Yes,


but not for long. ;-)

 

[heidita]

Yes,


but not for long. ;-)

Can you? Good for you, I don't know many people who can. People seem to take the mobiles right into bed with them and the portable goes on any trip. I think blackberries are not so widely spread.

I wouldn't know, I have neither a mobile phone nor a PC and it's an everyday fight to make my husband close down his phone in the evenings.

 

[Batfink]

Can you? Good for you, I don't know many people who can. People seem to take the mobiles right into bed with them and the portable goes on any trip. I think blackberries are not so widely spread.

I wouldn't know, I have neither a mobile phone nor a PC and it's an everyday fight to make my husband close down his phone in the evenings.

My bedroom has no TV, very little decoration, and absolutely no mobile phone/laptop. It is essential for us to stop from time to time. I am very happy with a book and a nice drink of wine (no wine in the bedroom ).

My girlfriend is a nightmare. Her phone goes off all of the time. I turn it off when she is out of the room!

 

[Tdol]

I don't use a Crackberry as I have seen too many people squinting obsessively and waiting for the next alert. I don't need that sort of communication, so I'd rather not have it. I also use my mobile as little as possible and then generally text. I prefer asynchronous communication like email which I can pick up whenever I choose.