{"id":53,"date":"2016-08-03T01:32:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T01:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/?p=53"},"modified":"2016-08-03T01:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T01:41:02","slug":"a-disconnected-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/2016\/08\/03\/a-disconnected-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Disconnected Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7th I completed an experiment based on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/5\/1\/4279674\/im-still-here-back-online-after-a-year-without-the-internet\">The Verge<\/a>. In that case it was a year long test without Internet. The Verge&#8217;s Paul Miller periodically wrote about his time disconnected and this influenced me to try even if it was only for a day.<\/p>\n<p>My goal was to be totally disconnected from any telecommunications for 24 hours.&nbsp;At midnight on July 7th, I turned off my phone, disconnected my Internet and disabled my smart watch. The only way to reach me was to be physically where I was at the moment. No instant messaging, no social networking, no phone calls, no text messaging or email. I informed everyone of my &#8220;Purge Day&#8221; on all telecommunications for one day.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThat day I had the following items with me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My wallet&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Notepad<\/li>\n<li>Pencil<\/li>\n<li>iPod Shuffle&nbsp;(non-Internet model)<\/li>\n<li>Nintendo DS (non-Internet model)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The change was immediate the first thing in the morning. Normally I read my email, check my messages, review my calendar, check the weather and check my social networking feeds right after waking up. &nbsp;This is followed by breakfast and Netflix. Instead I had to deal with watching a DVD of Duckman and not knowing what my contacts were up to at the moment. What a strange concept! For practical reasons it was necessary to do this experiment during my vacation. It would not be possible to perform my duties as a technician without the Internet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Traveling Downtown<\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I chanced waiting at my Brampton Transit bus stop without looking at the times. Unfortunately, I only have online copies of those schedules and no access to real time schedule updates. It was a risk, especially when you can end up waiting an hour for a bus to show up. Luckily, the bus showed up quickly and I reached downtown in about an hour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Lunch Time<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I stopped by Subway and had a quick sandwich. Normally, I&#8217;d be glued to my phone as I ate, reading an eBook or browsing the Internet. Instead I looked around at my surroundings. Looking at the area, at people (glued to their own devices.) It was a good lunch and relaxing. Also ate just a bit faster too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Baseball Game<\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That evening I went to a Blue Jays game. I walked up to the box office and purchased a ticket. &nbsp;I was really able to enjoy the game without distractions. No calls, messages or social networks bugging me. No urge to take pictures instead of watching what was happening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"img_container_1470187891876\" class=\"img_container\"><progress id=\"progress_1470187891876\" value=\"0.9\" class=\"wp_media_indicator\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/progress><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1665346190jpeg.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1665346190jpeg.jpeg?resize=525%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56 alignnone size-full\" width=\"525\" height=\"579\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Conclusions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the end of my 24 hours with the Internet, I can say it was reminiscent of how life was years ago. There were less distractions, but less convenience. Of course I had alot of catching up when I reconnected, but it was relieving to be connected again. As with everything, moderation should used when it comes to the Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7th I completed an experiment based on&nbsp;The Verge. In that case it was a year long test without Internet. The Verge&#8217;s Paul Miller periodically wrote about his time disconnected and this influenced me to try even if it was only for a day. My goal was to be totally disconnected from any telecommunications &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/2016\/08\/03\/a-disconnected-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Disconnected Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,28],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-internet","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/wp-image-1665346190jpeg.jpeg?fit=2000%2C2206&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wlZw-R","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgon9.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}