Whether through dating apps, social media, sexting, or porn, the search for sexual connection and satisfaction plays out more often on screens than in our bodies. Mashable's “Sex, Hacked” series serves as a refresh so we can all have better sex in the digital age.

When I began trying to hack my own sex life for this series, I learned that — like most purported “life hacks” — the idea of a one-size-fits-all magic bullet for better sex doesn’t exist. We can’t hack into the mainframe of our genitalia, pound away at a keyboard, then download a fix for whatever firewalls are keeping us from experiencing more pleasure and satisfaction.

But what sex hacks can do is begin to show us what’s behind the programming of our sexuality. That’s why, as I embarked on my months-long expedition, I dubbed it my Maiden Voyage: a journey into the uncharted territories of how modernity is changing sex and intimacy.

Read on for some landmarks to guide you along the way of your own voyage into the sea of new sexual possibilities.