Earlier this summer, I was without my computer for about a week. I had to depend on my iPod touch and a Linksys wireless router to do my personal "computing" and Internet browsing. It was quite usable, since I began to limit my usage to checking the weather in the morning and keeping up with e-mail. More importantly, it was one of the most freeing experiences ever [for the modern computer kid].
I want to return to that. As you might know, I hardly have the time to properly go online with my MacBook Pro (if there is even a "proper" way to do so these days). I do not want to waste the precious time I'm actually awake at home on the computer. I want to do other things--things I do best, e.g. eat and sleep.
I have been using the iPhone as my mobile computer at work, as my calendaring and e-mailing machine, and as my podcast-player. I merely sync the phone to the computer every night to recharge and update. I thought (while bored at work), why not spend otherwise wasted time at work catching up on news, my RSS feeds, photography research, Apple, Digg, and, Facebook, etc?
I hope the mobile experience will dissuade me from being online in excess. As long as I get through my Google Reader, Digg, and a few Google News pages, I all set for the day. Throw in a few AIM conversations for good measure, but that's about it. The rest of the time is for more important and productive things.
Things like sleep.
