Do you need a break from texting, emailing and cell phones? Then you too can participate in the third annual National Day of Unplugging. The initiative is being promoted by the “Sabbath Manifesto”, which advocates using one day out of the week as a day of rest.
The National Day of Unplugging for 2012 will be held Friday night at sundown March 23rd to Saturday night at sundown March 24th.
The Sabbath Manifesto was founded by a group of young Jewish Americans who are members of Reboot, a non-profit group designed to “reboot” the cultures, traditions and rituals of Jewish life.
A seminar called Tech Detox: Can You Survive a Day Without Technology? was held at the annual SXSW [South By Southwest] Festival in Austin, Texas on March 11th. SXSW is arguably the biggest music festival in the United States, with concerts and seminars by famous and up-and-coming bands, music industry executives and others.
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