Low Tech Habits in a High Tech World

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I recently got a Kindle and I am forcing myself to read on it. It's tougher than I thought because I really love the comfort of a good paper book.

I have friends who use the calendar apps on their gadgets, yet still maintain wall calendars.

What low tech thing do you stick with even though you have a high tech solution available?

 

[Riles]

I recently got a Kindle and I am forcing myself to read on it. It's tougher than I thought because I really love the comfort of a good paper book.

I have friends who use the calendar apps on their gadgets, yet still maintain wall calendars.

What low tech thing do you stick with even though you have a high tech solution available?

Date/phone book.

I still buy cd's even though I have an ipod.

 

[Lorilei]

I usually prefer fingers to a vibrator.

 

[Wok]

Pen and paper.

I can be sitting in front of the computer with all kinds of applications complete with a printer.

 

[Wok]

I usually prefer fingers to a vibrator.

Pics, please.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I live and breathe my Franklin Covey planner.

A few years back, they came out with an electronic version for tablet PCs. I ordered it the day it became available. It looked gorgeous....

...and didn't work. There is nothing more horrifying than getting a "database corrupted" message on the road. The third time it happened in 8 months I decided to go back to the paper version.

( I REALLY wish OmniFocus would come out with a goddamned version for Windows 7...I'm envious of my Mac friends and their seamless Mac/iPhone integration)

 

[Riles]

Paper maps vs GPS

 

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Date/phone book.

I still buy cd's even though I have an ipod.

i finally gave up my little black book last year. I always forget the book but never my phone, so...

Sadly I haven't bought a cd in years.

 

[Cheyenne]

I live and breathe my Franklin Covey planner.

A few years back, they came out with an electronic version for tablet PCs. I ordered it the day it became available. It looked gorgeous....

...and didn't work. There is nothing more horrifying than getting a "database corrupted" message on the road. The third time it happened in 8 months I decided to go back to the paper version.

( I REALLY wish OmniFocus would come out with a goddamned version for Windows 7...I'm envious of my Mac friends and their seamless Mac/iPhone integration)

Mine is the Daytimer version but essentially the same thing. I don't like electronic calendars.

 

[Sinny]

I collect typewriters and write a few times a week using a manual typewriter just so I can experience the tactile nuance of creation.

I read the paper version of the newspaper every day. I pay for a subscription.

I am not a troglodyte. I also read news services online and do most of my daily writing using modern equipment. But.....

I refuse to buy a Kindle. I still buy books.

I support all forms of print media. It's important.

 

[breakwall]

I live and breathe my Franklin Covey planner.

A few years back, they came out with an electronic version for tablet PCs. I ordered it the day it became available. It looked gorgeous....

...and didn't work. There is nothing more horrifying than getting a "database corrupted" message on the road. The third time it happened in 8 months I decided to go back to the paper version.

( I REALLY wish OmniFocus would come out with a goddamned version for Windows 7...I'm envious of my Mac friends and their seamless Mac/iPhone integration)

I do love my Blackberry for that exact reason.

 

[breakwall]

I usually prefer fingers to a vibrator.

especially other peoples?

 

[chillywilly2]

All these electronic gadgets are starting to scare me.
I just read where apple is forcing its app writers to stop writing so that they can scan your contacts without asking permission first...yeah...like thats gonna happen.
I don't trust them fuckers

 

[butters]

I recently got a Kindle and I am forcing myself to read on it. It's tougher than I thought because I really love the comfort of a good paper book.

I have friends who use the calendar apps on their gadgets, yet still maintain wall calendars.

What low tech thing do you stick with even though you have a high tech solution available?

books, definitely. although i do a lot of reading from the monitor screen, it's nothing like holding and snuggling down with a book. you can't get that same sense of delight walking past shelves of kindles that is autonomous with being in a study or a library wall-to-wall with books.

I usually prefer fingers to a vibrator.

well of course! and not just usually. people-bits v plastic electronics? no competition.

 

[Drinking Cap]

I still use a wooden as opposed to a composite stick. It was good enough for Al MacInnis, god dammit.

 

[Lorilei]

especially other peoples?

If anyone else ever got it right, sure! I'm still waiting.

 

[Riles]

i finally gave up my little black book last year. I always forget the book but never my phone, so...

Sadly I haven't bought a cd in years.

I'm terrible about saving people's info on my phone, I will scroll back through my call history to find them, but eventually they get bumped and then I have to go back to my book.

I still have cassetts in my house. I'm not sure why, and they take up a huge amount of space for something that hasn't been used in ...what...15 years?

 

[Sinny]

Mine is the Daytimer version but essentially the same thing. I don't like electronic calendars.

I think that may be the only old technology I have abandoned. I use only an electronic calendar now. Because my phone gives me a flashy notice that I have to do something. Like pick up the child. I probably rely more on it than I should.

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And I just realized something. I have not handwritten a letter to anyone in years. Email has ruined that for me.

 

[breakwall]

I collect typewriters and write a few times a week using a manual typewriter just so I can experience the tactile nuance of creation.

I read the paper version of the newspaper every day. I pay for a subscription.

I am not a troglodyte. I also read news services online and do most of my daily writing using modern equipment. But.....

I refuse to buy a Kindle. I still buy books.

I support all forms of print media. It's important.

See, I feel that eBooks are the way to reignite the importance of literature. It's quick, convenient, saves paper and can make the availability of the written word so much more widespread.

 

[CHNOPS]

Paper and pencil/pen on piano.

Also: Piano.

 

[Cheyenne]

I read the paper version of the newspaper every day. I pay for a subscription.

I am not a troglodyte. I also read news services online and do most of my daily writing using modern equipment. But.....

I refuse to buy a Kindle. I still buy books.

I support all forms of print media. It's important.

Me, too.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I've got Mobireader (kindle emulator) on my PC. I'm slowly becoming accustomed to reading books that way....especially on a wide-screen PC where you can display two pages side-by-side, just like a paperback.

 

[breakwall]

I still use a wooden as opposed to a composite stick. It was good enough for Al MacInnis, god dammit.

I have a compo Easton, but I love my wood Hespeler.

 

[Sinny]

See, I feel that eBooks are the way to reignite the importance of literature. It's quick, convenient, saves paper and can make the availability of the written word so much more widespread.

It's also a gateway for copyright infringement and authors getting paid shit and distributors and publishers making all the money while the creators and industries are in transition. Sort of like newspaper reporters. I am a rare breed who believes in supporting both platforms until the industries figure out a new business model.

When the traditional industries evaporate, the creators you adore could be gone for good. Just remember that.

 

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Paper maps vs GPS

i have an incurable addiction to topo maps. I have a bookcase full of tubes.