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    i am taking a year away from the internet, at least as much as possible, outside of e-mail i intend to just, disconnect.

    alas i will miss out on the shenanigans here, as i don't really do facebook or twitter or any message boards, but i suppose that is the point of all this. i've had a website / thought of a part of my life in terms of digital representation and the ability to publish ideas freely for my entire adult life, and have seen the internet deteriorate from a realm of possibility and inspiration in the mid-90s to the mall it is today.

    and i have been wondering for some time how all this affects how i think, how i live, the choices i make, the processes or desired outcomes of my work... and i think none of it has any net positive effect, outside of a certain respect for nice presentations.

    so i'm going to leave it all behind for a while and just disconnect my life as much as i can from online. i shut down my long-running blog and am just leaving a portfolio of work up for job applications and whatnot to reference. you kids play nice, this is one of the last pieces of the internet i'll actually miss.

    • been mulling this tooshapesalad
    • best of luckpango
    • see you tomorrow :)
      shame, enjoyed your work and contributions but I get it. all the best.
      fadein11
    • Cool man, check back in a year and tell us how it went!eryx
    • Keep making great work man, you'll be missed.PhanLo
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    • Good for you. Wish I could do it.
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    • An admiral decision. Godspeed, sit.cannonball1978
    • Ah damn, good luck. ps Thanks for that album this morning.garbage
    • Good for you; let’s all use this as a time to rethink ourselves. The only constant is change and if you can’t adapt, often you die.ideaist
    • So you gonna have the discipline to check email but not open another tab?yuekit
    • It's an excellent choice! Sometimes I wish I could do it, too. Come back some day and tell us how it went!SimonFFM
    • I do it a few days a week, one whole year -- no pointdrgs
    • Best of luck brothermoldero
    • as drgs said - best to do as many days a week as you can - fit in your lifestyle/schedule that you control - ignore it for a year ? then what ?_me_
    • Is this like announcing you’re leaving qbn? Just do it.imbecile
    • I really hope you are not telling us you have to go to jail for a year and therefore will be offline. Just kidding!SimonFFM
    • you should journal your journey on a blog.Bennn
    • ^ lol benmoldero
    • Bennn ... he said he's disconnecting from the internet. Pay attention.
      Anyway, colin, best of luck mate ... I envy your commitment!
      Continuity
    • lol i know. I was kidding. But it would still be interesting if he only post blog entry and do do nothing else on the internet.Bennn
    • +drgs
      lol ben
      Good Luck colin_s, see you next week
      Nairn

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