colinwalker
colinwalker
I'm not sure whether it's a waste or commendable that the more capable mobile devices become the less I do with them. It's been an ongoing trend for a few years now. While I'm happy that I can do almost everything I need to on the phone there's part of me that increasingly resists getti... colinwalker.blog
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hjertnes
hjertnes

@colinwalker I have been trying to limit my iPhone lately. There are a few things on it I need for people to contact me, or for server monitoring at work. But the rest of the apps I have on my phone is an attempt to limit it to the stuff I actually want to do.

Like Headspace, reading stuff I have added to pinboard, reading books, listening to music, audiobooks and podcasts.

In other words: no e-mail, no rss apps, no youtube etc.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@hjertnes I don’t receive much email these days since I had a mass-unsubscribed from things a while back so that’s not much of a problem for me. I don’t think I could go without RSS, it’s part of my routine, but I admire your ruthlessness.

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@colinwalker I still use RSS, but not on my phone. Because it felt like I spent more time processing it compares to reading stuff I've saved from it.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@hjertnes so no reeder like feedly on your phone ?

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@JohnPhilpin No, I removed Unread a few days ago. But I'm still using ReadKit on my Mac though.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@hjertnes so no casually sitting in a chair and scrolling through the news for you then?

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@JohnPhilpin No, it felt too much like processing my inbox

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