Paul Miller articles

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  Offline: how do you look at porn?

  By Paul Miller on December 3, 2012 11:07 am + 1034 comments

  It was late June, about two months after I left the internet. I was in Mexico City, and there was no Continue reading…

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  Offline: the hurricane

  By Paul Miller on November 2, 2012 02:15 pm + 130 comments

  It's been six months since I left the internet. So far, I think I made the right choice. At home the Continue reading…

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  Offline: missing out

  By Paul Miller on October 26, 2012 11:00 am + 145 comments

  We, and in this case I mean "society," not the royal "we," are obsessed with not missing out. The Continue reading…

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  Offline: news in free fall

  By Paul Miller on October 16, 2012 01:45 pm + 117 comments

  On Sunday afternoon I called a friend to see if he wanted to go shopping. He informed me that he was Continue reading…

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  Offline: the mailbox revisited

  By Paul Miller on October 10, 2012 10:00 am + 86 comments

  Let's celebrate the small successes: I can mail things now. I do it on a regular, Continue reading…

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  Lonely, but united: Sherry Turkle and Steven Johnson on technology's pain and promise

  By Paul Miller on October 5, 2012 12:31 pm + 18 comments

  Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together, and Steven Johnson, author of Future Perfect, joined forces Continue reading…

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  This is my next: Huawei U2800A

  By Paul Miller on September 11, 2012 03:12 pm + 226 comments

  This is my next is a special feature where writers of The Verge sound off on their latest deep, dark Continue reading…

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  Offline: 'My Dinner with André'

  By Paul Miller on August 24, 2012 01:29 pm + 95 comments

  A couple years ago, I borrowed all of my friend's Criterion DVDs and Blu-rays. I still haven't given Continue reading…

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  Offline: how's it going?

  By Paul Miller on August 13, 2012 10:00 am + 198 comments

  It's all anybody asks me. I tell them I'm not using the internet for a year, and they just need to Continue reading…

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  Desktop 2.0 and the future of the networked operating system

  By Paul Miller on August 7, 2012 10:35 am + 199 comments

  The new wave of operating systems is, if not useless, at least pointless without the internet. Continue reading…