The digital diet
Subtitle: the 4-step plan to break your tech addiction and regain balance in your life
By: Daniel Sieberg
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780307887382; 9780307887399
Subjects: Online etiquette; Internet addiction; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior; Popular works; Online social networks
Description: "From a leading technology reporter comes the first self-help book to address America's newest addiction. Anxiety about the red blinking light on your Blackberry? The impulse to google the answer to every question? The urge to text while driving? The need to tweet every observation? We all know someone who needs a digital diet. Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction and many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without wanting to reach out--or retreat--to the virtual world every few minutes, or even every few seconds. Daniel Sieberg has devised a foolproof 28-day plan to regain control, focus, and true connection in life. This program will enable us to manage and use the technology in our lives to our advantage, without letting it control us"--