I'm continuing a thread started in Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 1), pondering if it's true that people have a hard time unplugging and getting off the grid. Truth in Advertising dept: I wrote posts on both email bankruptcy and voluntary simplification (links below). I also noted that people are starting to broadcast when they'll be unplugged (as Brad Berens' did in Jumping off the grid for a week). Our neighbors ask us to watch their house when they're away. They are, in their way, alerting us that they'll be unplugged (so to speak).
These two seemingly disparate events -- declaring oneself to be gridless and asking neighbors to watch a house -- are linked at a very primitive level.
Before I go any further, I'm going to state now that I'll make no attempt to connect these threads. I know they're connected and you'll have to trust me until we get to the end of this arc (and no, I have no idea when that'll be). Something I and others consider one of my gifts is a "thinking like breathing" ability (that's the best phrasing in English) so bear with me while I take a few breaths.
Regular readers of my blog have written that half the fun of reading my arcs is following along because of how I tie things up at the end. Students have often commented the same in my evaluations; you have to hang in there and it can be a challenge, but if you do the rewards are incredible.
Or so I'm told.
So fair warning, we're going for a ride...
(more to follow)
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Links for this post:
- Email Bankruptcy blog posts
- The Eventing Yourself Blog arc
- Going Off the Grid
- MediaFreeZones
- Proof I'm a Luddite
- Unplugging... why is it so hard?
- Voluntary Simplification blog posts
- IMedia Brand Summit on 9-12 Sept 07
- XChange on 20-21 Sept 07
- DC Emetrics Summit on 14-17 Oct '07
- Society for New Communications Research Annual Research Symposium & Awards Gala on 5-6 Dec 07 in Boston.
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