Borrowed Idea
I had a conversation with a friend where we were talking about how Federated apps on the phone aren’t all the splendid. He was talking about how he would actually pause the use of them and use the computer only for a while, at least until the features start becoming a thing. I decided I’d try that as well. It’s been 2 days and I have to say, I like it.
So I was for a long time a phone person. I like the idea of doing things on the phone, but a phone is a communication device, I have in the past had to use cheep phones as my only device, so I can write and share an experience where they are above and beyond capable of doing anything. Perhaps I will do that in the future, however…
After 2 days, I’m sold on the idea. The phone as a strict communication device is a brilliant idea. Small searches for quick answers, best left to Gemini or ChatGPT, this is the most I want to do. Take a few snap shots, that’s also all I want. I got into a mode this summer where I took well over 250GB in photo’s on my camera. My phone can snapshot and do the one off quickie, but it isn’t good at photography. I learned how to use my Cybershot that I bought in 2017 and never really used. I used the phone and I didn’t really go hard on anything. As someone who use to take 500 photo’s a week, the phone bit kind of ruined the way I shoot. And this summer I went on a bender and it made all the difference in the world. Using a phone for everything does ruin things like that.
So the idea of not using “An App for Everything” concept is going to have a strange pay off. I am already seeing it. I know how to mitigate intrusion on a PC or any other conventional computing device. I have ways of dealing. The phone is tricky, with state sponsored nonsense, it is kind of a nightmare. That alone makes the concept worthwhile. And 2 days in I am just jumping back into a life I lived for decades. Before the smart phone and into the first versions, we never really used them to do everything. They were good at keeping email, calendars, making notes, snapshots, and playing music, and obviously what they are supposed to do, text and phone. But social media, being creative, writing, things like that, they are things we use to do on laptops, desktops, things with keyboards and pointing devices (mice for most people).
I’m seeing a change already. It’s just a few moments. I login on the computer and check stuff. Email, this site, the social media I have, and I’ve enabled some messaging on the systems as well. Now I can just do a quick check of what I need to and move on to the rest. I don’t spend any time on the phone, sucking down battery and pushing up all my actions for tracking. It’s a much friendlier world. The phone is a thing and it sits. If I didn’t have my camera, it would be my main camera. And like I said, I do and have used nothing but a phone before do everything. But it’s about how we use things. I doubt young people who always had phones will be able to find any benefit from the practice. They don’t really have a reference for the concept. However, those of us who had lived before the invention of the cell phone, those who had Nokia hammers will know. It’s a better way to live and it’s hard to remember what it was like.
Using the computer requires a set of steps that most people forgot. You have to power up the system, then you have to open a browser, then you have to pick your site, then login, and then use it. It doesn’t seem like such a big deal, but it’s not just open the app. Just open the app is too convenient and it doesn’t make the time seem valuable. All you have to do is turn it on and it’s done. Having all these other steps, that helps keep focus and makes it worth the time to do it. It also makes it easier to just put it away for hours, days, weeks. So I’m sold.
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