Happy New Year and welcome to 2012!
By now you may have seen the infographic "Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds on the Internet," or one of the many similar infographics which promote all the "mind-boggling" activities we do online and/or relative to technology.
This morning I took a moment to imagine what that infographic would look like if it told the truth about the tradeoffs we make with our enthusiastic embrace of social media and electronic devices.
Please note: I completely made up all the following numbers (though I feel they are not wildly off the mark).
On this first day of the year, when even the Google Doodle (see below) is promoting primarily offline ways to resolve, renew and celebrate, I'm hoping that we'll all spend more time unplugged in 2012 (and I don't mean thanks to a mobile device). I'm personally resolving that the time I do spend online will be more purposeful, with the goal to "subtract the obvious, and add the meaningful" (quote from John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity). Not exactly a S.M.A.R.T. goal, but it's a start.
Have a wonderful and productive 2012!
Resources:
Five Things You Should Stop Doing in 2012 - by Dorie Clark on the HBR Blog Network
John Maeda's Laws of Simplicity
