virtually a librarian

I said I’d do it. No one believed me. But the day has come, and I am one stubborn gal.

My seven-day-long interwebs free period begins in three hours.

I may resort to getting someone to hide my laptops, but the aim is to resist temptation, while temptation is in full site.

Wishing all a fabulously festive week ahead. See you on the flip-side (when I’ll either be highly strung and in desperate need of some net time, or totally chilled and ready to relinquish my gadgets).

danah boyd explains the rationale behind her forthcoming month-long email sabbatical. How refreshing to come back from holidays and not have to spend the first days/weeks catching up on email. If I was dealing with 500-700 personally addressed emails a day, I think I’d be doing the same (and I thought my current onslaught was overwhelming!).

Those of you who know me know I’m a chronic email checker / Twitterer / Facebooker / blog reader / yadda yadda… I own two laptops because my preferred laptop (a MacBook) is too big to throw in my handbag, have a mobile wireless connection for backup and have been known to check webmail on my mobile when my morning coffee stop is taking too long.

It’s nothing compared to a month of rejecting emails, but I’m aiming for a totally interwebs free week starting Christmas day. My phone will only be used for proper phone tasks – no surreptitious checking of anything – and my laptops will be gathering dust. It’s sad, but true, that I cannot remember a single day in the last five years where I haven’t been connected to the interwebs. No, wait. I think having my wisdom teeth out might have meant a web free day. But only one.

So, a disconnected week? Hmmm… It will be a challenge, but one that I’m looking forward to.