Great read, and well-paced. Started using a weird minimalist smartphone eight months ago.(Wisephone II, no email/browsing/social but still has all the useful stuff.) I regret nothing.
This type of thing is a personal interest of mine as well! Very cool to see you navigating everything without a phone.
I'd be curious if you could get an 80/20 here by only installing apps that are meaningful navigating through the US. I'm guessing that includes:
* Messaging platforms
* Email
* Phone
* Dual factor authentication
* Mobility apps/Transit/(Maps?)/other things that one needs an app for
Am I missing anything here?
(There's optional nice things like having a camera).
I wonder actually -- if you're fine doing most of this stuff on the computer -- if you could get away with only Dual factor + the types of apps that you need to navigate.
There are ways to make an iPhone into a dumb phone. I'm always happy to chat about this!
Curiously i follow only AI researchers on twitter and it is a mild-mannered discussion of technology. If I never click the « for you » button, no algorithm defines what I see and I’m happy.
Great read, and well-paced. Started using a weird minimalist smartphone eight months ago.(Wisephone II, no email/browsing/social but still has all the useful stuff.) I regret nothing.
This type of thing is a personal interest of mine as well! Very cool to see you navigating everything without a phone.
I'd be curious if you could get an 80/20 here by only installing apps that are meaningful navigating through the US. I'm guessing that includes:
* Messaging platforms
* Email
* Phone
* Dual factor authentication
* Mobility apps/Transit/(Maps?)/other things that one needs an app for
Am I missing anything here?
(There's optional nice things like having a camera).
I wonder actually -- if you're fine doing most of this stuff on the computer -- if you could get away with only Dual factor + the types of apps that you need to navigate.
There are ways to make an iPhone into a dumb phone. I'm always happy to chat about this!
At least try to quit Twitter…! One can be addicted to their phone and still choose to no longer mix with the technofascist crowd there?
Curiously i follow only AI researchers on twitter and it is a mild-mannered discussion of technology. If I never click the « for you » button, no algorithm defines what I see and I’m happy.