http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8992397/Is-it-time-for-your-Digital-Diet.html
It explains.. 'A digital diet begins with a brief detox. Spend a day or two without your technology. It’s not meant to torture you but to instill awareness of what you have been missing. Step two is to reboot and calculate your 'Virtual Weight Index’ - a formula that measures how weighed down you are by gadgets, emails, social networks and phone calls.'
OK so I think it's fair to say I've done the detox. I wonder what the online quiz that determines 'how weighed down you are' would have said if I still had my phone...
How many smart phones do you own?
1 - My beloved iPhone (3pts)
How many social networks do you use?
1 - Facebook and I'm on LinkedIn. Twitter could become a dangerous addiction so I've avoided (8pts - good job I avoided!)
How many laptops do you own?
That turn on? - 1 (1pt)
How many tablet or iPad-like devices do you own?
0 - I wish
How many email accounts do you use?
2 - work and my hotmail (4pts)
How many mobile phone texting services do you use?
2 - normal texts off my iPhone and What'sApp (a whopping 10pts)
How many online role-playing games do you log into?
Errrm definitely 0
How many desktop computers do you own?
0
How many digital cameras do you have?
2 - a real one and one pretending to be one on my iPhone (2pts)
How many additional gadgets that require a charger do you own?
0 - because everything I could ever need is on my iPhone...
How many blogs do you write or comment on?
0
Total 28. I was mediumly weighed down. At this point, Daniel Sieberg, creator of the diet quiz would have suggested I undertake a digital diet to help me 'stay sane and organised'. Oh go then!
Now let's see how I fare being phoneless...
How many smart phones do you own?
0
How many social networks do you use?
2 - Still avoiding Twitter, and seriously who on earth would follow me?! (8pts)
How many laptops do you own?
1 (1pt)
How many tablet or iPad-like devices do you own?
0
How many email accounts do you use?
3 - work, hotmail but I also had to set one up a gmail so I could get this blog. I don't use it but I'll count it in the spirit of the game (6pts ouch)
How many mobile phone texting services do you use?
0 - Boom.
How many online role-playing games do you log into?
0 - Life hasn't got that boring
How many desktop computers do you own?
0
How many digital cameras do you have?
1 (1pt)
How many additional gadgets that require a charger do you own?
1 - now I have an iPod (1pt)
How many blogs do you write or comment on?
1! (2pts)
Total 19. I am currently weighed down at a low level. So despite setting up this blog, using an iPod and creating a new email account I have still reduced some of the stress of the digital age in my life. And I don't count this blog as a burden, it's been a lot of fun so far!
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