by Captain Scarlet (Retired)
by Captain Scarlet (Retired)
I know a few people are following this digital minimalism trial which can put some pressure to document things even when they’re not that significant. I’ve decided not to fall for that option. I’ve not much to report today, other than recognising I’m not missing much about Facebook. I’m conscious I’m out of touch with […]
Day three was a day of surprises and insights, so that’s not a bad thing. Firstly, since I’ve removed the social media apps from my phone, I’ve already noticed my relationship with it is subtly changing. I’ve had no need to check it first thing in the morning and have had nothing to routinely check […]
If you take this digital minimalism experiment seriously, the first step is to recognise there is a problem. Anyone familiar with 12-step land or the cognitive approaches to addiction may recognise a similarity. That in itself is telling as resolving to reduce social media use has continual similarities with the fields of addiction and dependency. […]
One of the benefits of the digital age, at least for me, is the availability of so much reading material via audiobooks. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll avoid engaging with the debate as to whether an audiobook is read or whether that ‘reading’ is qualitatively or physically better or worse than engaging with the printed […]
