#digitalminimalism

• Declutter

  For the month of July I intend to do what Cal Newport in his book Digital Minimalism calls a digital declutter. For 31 days I’ll abstain from the use of...

• Justine’s rotary cellphone

  Justine Haupt built her own cellphone, with a rotary dial and dedicated buttons instead of a general purpose touch screen. I really wish I had the engineering skills to pull...

• Punkt MP01—in pursuit of a smarter phone

  As part of my attempt to moderate my use of social media and mindless surfing I researched current not so smart (or minimalist) phones on the market. I eventually found...

• Smartphones like cigarettes

  GQ Magazine published an interview with Cal Newport, leading up to his new book Digital Minimalism, due out any day now. As usual, Cal says a lot of thoughtful things,...

• The why

  It started in earnest in March last year, when my wife and I visited Stockholm to participate in a photography class and visit an old friend of mine. I brought...