Every few months I see a grand announcement on Facebook from someone or another about how they are closing their account. It always strikes me as a plea for their friends to beg them to stay.
In this case obviously he is a writer so he probably has the idea that he will write a pulitzer-prize winning article about his year spent offline.
I think if you're truly fed up with technology, just drop out. No need to make a big announcement about it.
I suspect a year writing a book of some kind, perhaps not about the Internet absence. Given the nature of this gentleman's job, I suspect a chunky advance to live off and some kind of plan.
I know this is a very small gesture in comparison, but I now spend time at a small cafe with no wifi and poor mobile phone signal for a couple of hours between commitments on Mondays. Mind mapping on paper and writing on a small netbook. Very productive of ideas.
In this case obviously he is a writer so he probably has the idea that he will write a pulitzer-prize winning article about his year spent offline.
I think if you're truly fed up with technology, just drop out. No need to make a big announcement about it.