For about two months, New York Times tech writer Farhad Manjoo used mostly print publications to get his news and information. The result? “Turning off the buzzing breaking-news machine I carry in my pocket was like unshackling myself from a monster who had me on speed dial, always ready to break into my day with half-baked bulletins,” he writes. “Most of all, I realized my personal role as a consumer of news in our broken digital news environment."