1 Spending a weekend without access to communications technology was an eye-opener.
2 Connecting is something I do unconsciously now, and sharing such moments has become second nature.
3 There was a moment when he was distracted by a buzzing sensation and automatically reached for his phone, before realising it was a bee.
4 By breaking away from my connected life, however,I came to appreciate just how much it had permeated my way of being.
5 So-called ‘early adopters’, the heavy technology users, throw themselves at every new device and service
6 A study by the University of California concluded that such constant multi-tasking gradually erodes short-term memory.
7 Crouching down next to Artley, our twenty-one-month-old son, my partner Will and I watched the unmistakable shape of a barn owl until it disappeared into the wood.
8 Blessed with two days of good weather and some delicious local food, I barely noticed I wasn’t online.
9 I take equal responsibility for our digital obsession.
10 So-called ‘early adopters’ will admit to an uncontrollable impulse to check their email accounts or social networking sites.
11 It’s clearly a situation to be avoided. Our digital detox had been something of a wake-up call.
12 If my worst habit is incessant messaging, his is allowing his phone to take precedence over everything else.
13 The meaningful and the mundane have thus merged into one, all dutifully and habitually recorded — my enjoyment split between that technological impulse and the more delicate human need to be in the moment.
14 And the magical moment when Artley was being read his bedtime story in front of an open fire, I've had to try and commit to my own fallible memory.
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