Can you #unplug, without really #unplugging? Some would say yes: http://t.co/oFSvGToQc7

— Co.Lead (@FastCoLead) June 17, 2013

Fast Company leads to a remarkable collision of #unplug and #handwritten.

This paragraph from Scott Belsky's post at Medium seems key to me.

In a world of twitter, email, endless texts, internet wonder (and now Medium!), create windows of non-stimulation in your day and life - whether through habits or rituals, when you can tune out of everything else and tune into yourself.

It seems more realistic to me to set aside "windows of non-stimulation" when possible or when needed than to insist on a Sabbath shutdown every seven days. 

Here's a variation on the Sabbath theme that seems a lot more workable to me. ZenHabits has launched a Simplify Your Day program. Because it seeks to help participants

say “No” to:

• Commitments you can let go
• Appointments that aren’t absolutely essential
• Non-essential to-do items
• Multi-tasking
• Distractions
• Moving quickly
• Doing smaller tasks instead of important tasks

it seems to allow more space for the flow and demands of daily life and concentrate on what we really need—recognizing and focusing on what's important. Just stopping, which seems to be the focus of most of the writing I've seen, is pretty impractical if the people you're with aren't stopping too. Here's an approach that lets you stop when you can and when it's important.

Here’s a radical proposal: Don’t check your e-mail at all tomorrow morning. Turn it off entirely. Instead, devote a designated period of uninterrupted time to a task that really matters.

At the New York Times, Tony Schwartz articulates a less dogmatic—and to my mind more realistic—kind of Sabbath. His practice is to work, not to unplug totally, and to free his attention from unnecessary distraction.

CNN reports a "digital detox" weekend. Cellphones and computers are banned and networking and other work talk is prohibited.

Asking "Would you go to a no-gadget "digital detox" camp? Could you survive a week if you did?" at Twitter, it wasn't too long, before CNN began posting some replies—

@cnntech I absolutely would, as long as I can still use my smartphone, tablet, laptop, and ps3.

— Joel O'Hair (@joelohair) May 1, 2013

@cnntech If you need a digital detox camp, chances are you're already too attached.

— Joel Davis (@hello_joel) May 1, 2013