Idea: Not Online or Offline but “Thinline”

Over the last couple of years I’ve had an offline-ready setup for core

systems like email. My primary use case for this was scenarios like

travel or working outdoors.

More recently, I’ve been thinking about an idea that’s not fully online

and not fully offline. But “thinline”. It’s a controlled access to

necessary systems while blocking the optional and distracting. I can

currently trigger going offline using a script that turns off wifi but

when I’m at home I would still like access to services on my local

network like my network attached storage that my music is on, or other

services like my network-connected heat pump and electricity monitoring

tools.

I’m experimenting with this and will report back when I have something

useful to share.

Update: I wrote a script that helps me manage this “thin” connection.

Read about it here:

Midline: Midway Between Online and Offline