Comments on: Travel technology: When more is less http://www.501places.com/2011/12/travel-technology-when-more-is-less/ Sharing the world with you Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:13:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2011/12/travel-technology-when-more-is-less/#comment-69359 Andy Jarosz Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:21:46 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=7981#comment-69359 Thanks for the comments guys. Dan, that's the challenge - to be disciplined enough to unplug when we travel. We're so used to receiving regular updates for news/sport/work messages that to go without for an extended period can be a tough ask. It's easy to forget about it when we're out of range of a signal and the temptation isn't there at all. Tim, those Australian cafes sound far better than the average Starbucks in the UK. Keith, me-time on a walk is a godsend. I know what you mean... Thanks for the comments guys. Dan, that’s the challenge – to be disciplined enough to unplug when we travel. We’re so used to receiving regular updates for news/sport/work messages that to go without for an extended period can be a tough ask. It’s easy to forget about it when we’re out of range of a signal and the temptation isn’t there at all.

Tim, those Australian cafes sound far better than the average Starbucks in the UK.

Keith, me-time on a walk is a godsend. I know what you mean…

]]> By: Tim Richards http://www.501places.com/2011/12/travel-technology-when-more-is-less/#comment-69357 Tim Richards Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:09:25 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=7981#comment-69357 It occurs to me that here in Australia, where free public wifi is rare (for reasons I've never understood), cafes are still fairy noisy, lively places full of people meeting up. Maybe that's a reason for me to be thankful for the lack of free wifi, rather than cursing it - I like a bustling, chatty cafe environment as a break from the quiet of my home office. It occurs to me that here in Australia, where free public wifi is rare (for reasons I’ve never understood), cafes are still fairy noisy, lively places full of people meeting up. Maybe that’s a reason for me to be thankful for the lack of free wifi, rather than cursing it – I like a bustling, chatty cafe environment as a break from the quiet of my home office.

]]> By: Keith http://www.501places.com/2011/12/travel-technology-when-more-is-less/#comment-69355 Keith Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:48 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=7981#comment-69355 What a coincidence! I made the 'resolution' on #TNI last night not to get too obsessed about seeking wifi or an Internet café .... whether I'll keep it or not is another matter. However, I do make a habit of switching my mobile phone off when 'walking the virtual dog'. That is definitely 'me-time'! What a coincidence! I made the ‘resolution’ on #TNI last night not to get too obsessed about seeking wifi or an Internet café …. whether I’ll keep it or not is another matter.

However, I do make a habit of switching my mobile phone off when ‘walking the virtual dog’. That is definitely ‘me-time’!

]]> By: Dan Johnson http://www.501places.com/2011/12/travel-technology-when-more-is-less/#comment-69354 Dan Johnson Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:30:12 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=7981#comment-69354 Most of us travel (at least for leisure) to "switch off" or experience "something new" - much of the technology we use keeps us in contact with our day to day life and stops us achieving either. I love to unplug when I travel. Most of us travel (at least for leisure) to “switch off” or experience “something new” – much of the technology we use keeps us in contact with our day to day life and stops us achieving either.

I love to unplug when I travel.

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