Your tech life — unplugged

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Organizational guru and blogger extraordinaire Sharon Sarmiento is featured in a Reuters article titled "Texting while driving? Time to unplug." An excerpt:

Sharon Sarmiento knew it was time to unplug when she realized she was blogging in her dreams and hearing imaginary instant messages.    

For Ariel Meadow Stallings, it was the hours lost while surfing the Internet that left her feeling like she had been in a drunken blackout.

Both women are part of a new grass-roots movement in which tech geeks, Internet addicts, BlackBerry thumbers and compulsive IMers are deciding to wrest back control of their lives by daring to switch off -- if only for a day...

The entire article is well worth the read. Even if not working directly in the tech industry, we are all influenced by technology. Use it wisely and in balance, or suffer ill consequences.

The article's title is helpful advice in itself. Texting while driving?!? Time to unplug, indeed.

Comments

[Devon Ellington]

I was so angry yesterday -- a woman driving an SUV with two little kids in the car was texting while driving and swerving over the yellow line. People like her should have their licenses revoked -- or have to pass an IQ test before being allowed to procreate.

She put everyone in danger, but especially those two toddlers.

[KG]

Devon — It is so odd that people really don't realize the risk here. I've seen people putting on mascara while driving, too. Last year, I read about 5 teen-agers who were killed in a car crash because the driver was texting while driving...and wasn't paying attention at all. Just so tragic!

[Sharon Sarmiento]

Awww, thank you KG! You're so sweet :)

And a sidenote to the conversation going on here--my all time worst pet peeve is talking on a cell phone while driving! It irks me every time.

[KG]

Sharon — You're welcome! :)

I'm with you on the cell phoning-while-driving phenomenon — it's just so dangerous. What are people thinking?!?!?