Addicted…Need to Go Off..Line, Commit…to 52 Nights Unplugged

Obviously since I have now been writing Serge the Concierge for close to 3 years, I spend a decent amount of time online.
I do not twitter or check my e-mail while on the move nor own a blackberry (not yet at least).
My cell phone must be about 4 years old, a dinosaur.
I do understand that one can be caught in the web.

In I Need A Virtual Break. No, Really, Mark Bittman (NY Times) takes a look at his own (and others) addiction.
The compulsion to be always on…line, available, ready to answer I bet mostly trivial questions as instantly as can be.
There is an element of rudeness in that constant chatter as Ariel Meadow Stallings, author of Offbeat Bride (the blog and the book) amongst many things acknowledges.

After coming to that realization, she decided to commit to, one night a week for a year, completely unplug from anything with a screen (I quote).
Hence the 52 Nights Unplugged moniker to combat what she found Lifehacker calling Continuous Partial Attention.

I recently talked to a lady who wished her husband paid attention to her at dinner time rather than the always on blackberry seconded by a cell phone.

Are you receiving me?

Monday Work Etiquette #27

Last week topic: Do You Refer People for Jobs? In Person, On Sites like Blue Chip Expert?