Simplification. Or not?
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Logout wrote an article (in Czech) about his tryings to simplify his
computer/gadget setup.
I think that many people know the situation when
they use several devices for the same task and when they carry
unnecessary burden of gadgets.
There were times when it was normal to an iPod, an iPad, an iPhone
and at leas one notebook (probably a MacBook pr a PowerBook) or
their Android/Windows equivalents. And some people also carried a
pocket calculator because no one of these devices is good for fast
calculations.
I have periodically trying to simplify my setup too. There is a problem
that I sometimes buy a new device to replace several older ones. But at
the end I use the old devised plus the new one because it is not able
to fully replace them.
So what I'm using at the moment?
The desktop
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The Raptor Engineering Blackbird (a POWER9 box) desktop at home. But
also (much less frequently now) a SGI O2 and the SGI IRIS Indigo (I'm
writing this text on that Indigo, by the way.
And an another SGI IRIS Indigo in the weekend house.
Thus I use only one desktop in weekend house but 2-3 machines at home.
This is not ideal.
The phone
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Since spring I have been using two phones: the PUNKT MP01 for work and
city and the Palm Centro for all other activities (trips, cycling and
so). Thus I always carry one phone (if any). I halted to use the
Tungsten W because the Centro is smaller and easier to replace. It also
supports Czech language better than the W.
The PDA
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Yes, I still use a phone AND the PDA. The Palm III-class device
(usually the TRGpro). I also use the PSION Organiser II as a kitchen
computer and as an alarm clock. I usually carry none - the TRGpro is in
my office and serves as a calendar and address storage.
For a long time I used the Palm IIIx as a e-book reader and calendar at
home but I found recently that batteries are flat so I probably didn't
used it for a while...
The tablet/ebook reader
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Well, I still have a Kindle (a 2013 model) which I use in most of
cases, a PocketBook (which is usually occupied by my wife) and the
nVidia Shield tablet (for games, it is used very infrequently).
The laptop/notebook
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Oh, I have a PowerBook G4 and the GPD Pocket. I have started to use the
GPD more frequently as frequency of work meetings started to increase
(I have learned that I use the poor GPD mostly at work because it is
more practical than my official work laptop). I use the PowerBook only
at home and at Saturdays for some light browsing. I also have the
Gemini PDA nut I used it only twice this year when I wanted to ride a
shared bycicle (theh require an Android or an iOS application to be
able lend the bike).
The calculator
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I have several but actually I use none of them frequently.
The GPS device
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I don't like to use a phone or a PDA as a GPS device. At the moment I
even do not have a GPS-equipped phone. So I traditionally have been
using a Garmin device. At the moment there are two: the eTrex 30 for
bicycling (it's perfect here but this particular device has problems
with the geocaching) and the eTrex touch is my tourist, geocaching and
car navigation device.
The portable music player
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I don't have one. And I do not use any other portable device for this
purpose now.
All other devices that I have charged and prepared to use are just
hobby ones and they are not used frequently (a Z88, all the Soviet
Elektronikas, the BQ M10 tablet, some Thinkpads, the Tungsten W and
so).
It does not seem to be the best example of digital simplification,
though...
References:
[1]
http://technomorous.eu/post/172720458645
