Every ten years, whether I need it or not, I take a couple weeks’ vacation. Here I go again. I’m going to a place where there is no high-speed internet access. Indeed, there is no low-speed internet access. There is not even Wi-fi in the local Starbucks. Perhaps because there is no local Starbucks. No man is an island but a man can go to one, and that is what I am doing. Will I survive two weeks without constant intravenous-drip email and RSS? Come back in two weeks and find out.

P.S. As this site’s comments are moderated, and as moderation requires my presence, if you haven’t posted a comment here before, you won’t be able to do so now. I will brood about this while lolling on the sand.

Filed under: Zeldman, work

12 Responses to “Time off for good behavior”

1. 
   Dave said on 19 August 2006 at 9:20 am:

   Are you crazy? You do realise your RSS and e-mail will be completely unmanagable by the time you return and that you’ll never catch up. When this happens to me, delete is a particularly useful filter. :)

2. 
   Mike Cherim said on 19 August 2006 at 4:45 pm:

   Vacation.. I have heard that word somewhere before. Have a good one, whatever or where ever it is.

3. 
   Mau said on 19 August 2006 at 5:42 pm:

   Have lots of fun!

4. 
   Kevin Sweeney said on 19 August 2006 at 6:56 pm:

   Have fun and enjoy. Hopefully your inbox doesn’t explode :X

5. 
   Ray said on 20 August 2006 at 1:06 pm:

   Be careful… spending time away from the inbox becomes addictive… and refreshing ; )

6. 
   Martin Bekkelund said on 20 August 2006 at 1:28 pm:

   Trust me, vacation is good for you. At least when you’re away. By the time I returned to my office, I found 285 unread emails.

7. 
   XINERGY said on 20 August 2006 at 3:58 pm:

   May you enjoy the time off immensely!

   XINERGY

8. 
   David Zemens said on 20 August 2006 at 8:21 pm:

   I took two weeks off last December and also left the world of internet access behind. I thought it would bother me, but I was wrong. Very wrong.

   Once I was home I was glad to be back online, but while I was gone I never missed it. Not for a minute. It was nice to be away. I hope you had a similar experience!

9. 
   Greg said on 21 August 2006 at 10:07 am:

   Does Zeldman seriously only take a vacation once a decade? That kind of sucks for him. I know I’d go crazy, at least.

10. 
    John said on 21 August 2006 at 10:56 am:

    “vacation”? Z has obviously gone crazy, and is now using made-up words.

11. 
    D.C. said on 30 August 2006 at 4:26 pm:

    Regardless of how often you take them(vacations)…enjoy it while it lasts! Have a safe trip. :)

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