In 2022, I asked myself what seemed like a simple question. Is it possible to live a life without the Internet and still be a person in modern society? Short answer, no. But I spent the whole year trying to find a way to do it. I never succeeded, but I did manage to find a happier balance of tech to life.
I was also doing a replay of my Depth Year, so the progress reports talk about both.
For those wanting to peek ahead – I am having much more success in deshittifying my life. You can read about that over in Deshittification 2026.
Progress Reports
- Kick off Post
- January 2022
- February 2022
- March 2022
- April 2022
- May 2022
- June 2022– also includes the tale of the Cursed Trip to the Cursed Island
- July 2022
- August 2022
- September 2022
- October 2022
- November 2022
- December 2022
Papers
- Heron, M.J, (2024). Project Unplug – A Personal Reflection on Rediscovering the Joy in Being Online. ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, 52 (2). 17-22. [Available online from https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3656021.3656028]