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[Reed]

There are so many good forums, blogs, etc. on the web, how can you find time to ever take pics?
I set down at the computer to work on some photos and end up spending the time reading.

Hell, I have a small Twitter account and I can spend hours just checking out out the links there.

Talk about info overload. Is this what the Bing commercials are all about.

[BigFuzzy]

Sorry, not time to respond.. busy reading other stuff.


I know what you mean man. My google reader is soooo far behind and I read it every day!

[Sloseph]

most of my time seems to be taken up by stumbleupon at the moment

i spend my my day sat in front of a computer screen working then i get home and normaly sit on the laptop, not to mention the smart phone that is always in my pocket, i honestly think it would be quite nice for the internet to break for a day or 2

[MindyRaeL]

Originally Posted by Reed

how can you find time to ever take pics?

I instituted a "screen-free" Friday policy in our home. I was finding my whole family sitting in the same room, the TV going, and everyone on computers and cell phones all the time, not talking to each other at all. The rules are simple: if it has a screen, it's turned off from Friday morning until Saturday morning. That includes TV, computers, and cell phones. There was lots of protest at first, but now I find we get excited for Friday to come. We play games, bake and cook, go for hikes, anything the doesn't involve a screen. The only exception is the LCD on the camera, since we all have one and go out shooting together almost every week.
It's been great for our family, and I personally find it incredibly refreshing to take a break from all the technology.

[faeriegodess612]

Originally Posted by MindyRaeL

I instituted a "screen-free" Friday policy in our home. I was finding my whole family sitting in the same room, the TV going, and everyone on computers and cell phones all the time, not talking to each other at all. The rules are simple: if it has a screen, it's turned off from Friday morning until Saturday morning. That includes TV, computers, and cell phones. There was lots of protest at first, but now I find we get excited for Friday to come. We play games, bake and cook, go for hikes, anything the doesn't involve a screen. The only exception is the LCD on the camera, since we all have one and go out shooting together almost every week.
It's been great for our family, and I personally find it incredibly refreshing to take a break from all the technology.

This is a really good idea! I've always said that when I have kids, their TV and video game time will be limited. And they will be required to read no less than one book a month as soon as theyre old enough to read.

[Biomech]

Just don't start reading wikipedia. :P

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by Biomech

Just don't start reading wikipedia. :P

Amen! I get stuck in the endless maze of links on there. I always end up on articles that are completely irrelevant to what I was searching to begin with.

[BryanC]

Originally Posted by RLucas

Amen! I get stuck in the endless maze of links on there. I always end up on articles that are completely irrelevant to what I was searching to begin with.

Last night, in about a minute and a half, I went from learning more about Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to finding out that the record price for a single Blue Fin Tuna is $396,000 US. I didn't need to know that, but I'm prepared now, just in case.

[mshockley]

Originally Posted by RLucas

Amen! I get stuck in the endless maze of links on there. I always end up on articles that are completely irrelevant to what I was searching to begin with.

+1Agree with you there! Wikipedia will suck the life right out of ya!

[mshockley]

Originally Posted by MindyRaeL

I instituted a "screen-free" Friday policy in our home. I was finding my whole family sitting in the same room, the TV going, and everyone on computers and cell phones all the time, not talking to each other at all. The rules are simple: if it has a screen, it's turned off from Friday morning until Saturday morning. That includes TV, computers, and cell phones. There was lots of protest at first, but now I find we get excited for Friday to come. We play games, bake and cook, go for hikes, anything the doesn't involve a screen. The only exception is the LCD on the camera, since we all have one and go out shooting together almost every week.
It's been great for our family, and I personally find it incredibly refreshing to take a break from all the technology.

I love this idea! My kids would have a shit fit, but I just really think that's a cool thing your doing.