A whole group of my friends is using dodgeball here in Minneapolis and we all like it a lot. It helps us stay connected to what's going on, and generally there's always someone out and about to go hang out with.
Tantek
· 3 years ago
Robert I have to warn you about joining Dodgeball, especially when you visit San Francisco. Just be prepared to party. :)
Tejas Patel
· 3 years ago
For me it would be email, Techmeme and my Google Calendar.
Guy Pelletier
· 3 years ago
Scoble, Just what is the longest you have been disconnected from the Net? I find anymore than 3 hours and I suffer
Guy
Guy Kawasaki
· 3 years ago
Robert,
Do you want to do a "10 Questions with..." with me?
Hope you have a great time at your mass sleepover in Montana... wish I could have made it and met up with everyone! As for what I couldn't live without? Comments on my videoblog... they always feel like a reward after the hard work.
Eric Allam
· 3 years ago
Interesting, looks like dodgeball is owned by Google. Check out the bottom of the dodgeball homepage.
I spent a few hours "off the grid" myself this weekend (out in a spot on the Hood Canal where I got no signal on my phone) and I think the part I noticed is just how much I actually use the Internet as a reference tool on my EVDO-enabled PPC phone if I have it there. Someone has a question about something? Google it. Want to know what the score of the ballgame was? Pull up ESPN's mobile site. Trying to figure out what the wait for the ferry to get back across is? Check the WSDOT site (when you hit a pocket of EVDO coverage, that is.) Get bored? Go catch up on some comment threads on a couple of blogs. And don't even get started on e-mail (I'm pretty sure I know where the term "Crackberry" comes from now...) A few weeks back me, my Dad and my brothers took a roadtrip down to Salt Lake for the American Le Mans race, and when I wanted to figure out what our remaining distance, I pulled up driving directions while cruising down I-84 a bit past Pendleton. Especially once you've got a high speed data connection on your phone, it gets awfully tough to get off the grid in the first place.
They believe that spreading it will enhance their power (reputation, income, friendships) or their peace of mind."
You know, not only is *that* 100% bullshiitake, but I seriously wonder about people who truly believe that about others. Are their brains wired up correctly?
When people make blanket statements like that, they're usually really saying "This is how I behave, and I can't imagine anyone else does otherwise." In terms of the behaviour described, the word sociopath springs to mind.
Christopher Coulter
· 3 years ago
Gosh, even 'off the grid' you are 'off the planet'. Doncha have any non-geek friends or such? People who don't break into hives when without a net connection?
Ideas are dirt. Anyone can have an idea, it's the IMPLEMENTATION that counts. Anyone in Hollywood can have an 'idea', but only the well-done script with serious backing of that 'idea', will make it, and then tons of external forces. Waxing on and on about 'ideas' is just geek mental masturbation; ideas aren't worth a sneeze.
LayZ
· 3 years ago
what tech could I not live without? Electricity I guess first comes to mind. Waste and sewage disposal technology. Healthy food preparation technology. Then perhaps a telephone. Then maybe a radio. Then, oh I dunno, probably some medical technologies that I would want ot take advantage of. I know its probably heresy, but the technologies that people you hang around likely think of when asked this question, I could sure LIVE without having. Would it take some fun and enjoyment out of life? Sure. But I'm sure I would LIVE. You, Scoble? I have my doubts.
Jeremy Toeman
· 3 years ago
Was off the grid a bunch this past month. So far I've gotten down to a single gadget, my digital camera. I do like to have both the cell phone and GPS (Nuvi 350) with me in the car until I get to my site/destination. I don't think there's any reason to get rid of the camera, as I don't feel overwhelmingly connected with it at my hip. :)
LayZ
· 3 years ago
BTW, Tim (@11) for President.
Spot on, Tim!
internetnewsdaily
· 3 years ago
i think the picture of the guy in the upper left corner is apt for the explaination of dodgeball .
I can't stay off the grid at all. If someone took my blackberry away I would never be able to go on a vacation or even get in my car. I send emails from the car wash and surf the net while I am at a stop light. I use google during meetings and have a wikipedia book mark incase someone uses a big word that I don't understand. Most of my friends live inside my blackberry. My family uses AIM to communicate with me while we are at home. (also available on my blackberry) Do you think I need help?
Teresa Boardman
· 3 years ago
I can't stay off the grid at all. If someone took my blackberry away I would never be able to go on a vacation or even get in my car. I send emails from the car wash and surf the net while I am at stop lights. I use google during meetings and have a wikipedia book mark incase someone uses a big word that I don't understand. Most of my friends live inside my blackberry. My family uses AIM to communicate with me while we are at home. (also available on my blackberry) Do you think I need help?
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Just what is the longest you have been disconnected from the Net?
I find anymore than 3 hours and I suffer
Guy
Do you want to do a "10 Questions with..." with me?
See the ones I've done:
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Please email me.
Guy
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They believe that spreading it will enhance their power (reputation, income, friendships) or their peace of mind."
You know, not only is *that* 100% bullshiitake, but I seriously wonder about people who truly believe that about others. Are their brains wired up correctly?
When people make blanket statements like that, they're usually really saying "This is how I behave, and I can't imagine anyone else does otherwise." In terms of the behaviour described, the word sociopath springs to mind.
Ideas are dirt. Anyone can have an idea, it's the IMPLEMENTATION that counts. Anyone in Hollywood can have an 'idea', but only the well-done script with serious backing of that 'idea', will make it, and then tons of external forces. Waxing on and on about 'ideas' is just geek mental masturbation; ideas aren't worth a sneeze.
Spot on, Tim!
Timothy Graf
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