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Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

https://karlvmuller.com/posts/why-i-am-not-going-to-buy-a-computer/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008276

#HackerNews #WhyIAmNotBuyingAComputer #ComputerAlternatives #TechLife #DigitalMinimalism

Good evening Mastodon.

Still trying to use my tech a bit more intentionally, but I've mostly spent the evening tweaking the layout on the new screen.

There's a bit of a difference to where I've put the widgets which take some getting used too. Keep trying to find a balance between having what I want on screen and having clutter.

#Technology #DigitalMinimalism #Fediverse

Good evening Mastodon.

Still trying to use my tech a bit more intentionally, but I've mostly spent the evening tweaking the layout on the new screen.

There's a bit of a difference to where I've put the widgets which take some getting used too. Keep trying to find a balance between having what I want on screen and having clutter.

#Technology #DigitalMinimalism #Fediverse

Dumbphones are having a mainstream moment in 2026. A simpler device puts friction between you and the feed.

But test the idea before buying anything. Try grayscale, delete feed apps, and shut off notifications that haven’t earned the right to interrupt you. Your current phone can get remarkably boring for free.

A dumbphone may still be the right tool. The harder choice is which streams get access to your attention. What would you keep?

#DigitalMinimalism #AttentionEconomy #Dumbphone

OpenLogi is an early-stage open-source alternative to Logitech Options+ focused on privacy and local control.

It lets you customize Logitech devices without accounts, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Currently macOS-only and still under active development, but a promising option for users who want more control over their peripherals.

https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openlogi

#OpenSource #Privacy #macOS #Logitech #Productivity #DigitalMinimalism

OpenLogi is an early-stage open-source alternative to Logitech Options+ focused on privacy and local control.

It lets you customize Logitech devices without accounts, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Currently macOS-only and still under active development, but a promising option for users who want more control over their peripherals.

https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openlogi

#OpenSource #Privacy #macOS #Logitech #Productivity #DigitalMinimalism

More AI at work means more chances to lose the thread. Session is a Pomodoro timer for Apple devices that blocks chosen distracting apps and sites while the clock runs. When a session ends, it nudges you to reflect and keeps a record of your focus.

That feels more useful than another after-the-fact dashboard: the boundary comes before the data. Honest downside: there's no Android or Windows version, and blocking is part of Pro.

#Productivity #DeepWork #DigitalMinimalism

The 2026 dumbphone revival brings us to quiet-tools #5: Light Phone III. It handles calls, texts, turn-by-turn navigation, music and podcasts on a 3.9-inch OLED—without a browser, email, social feeds or an app store.

The snag: no autocorrect turns fast typing into a typo field, which makes it hard to recommend as most people’s only phone. Still, as a physical boundary around your attention, it’s unusually convincing. What would you miss?

#DigitalMinimalism #Dumbphone #DigitalDetox

After ten years of smartwatches, tech fatigue pushed me toward a classic analog one. A Braun BN0301 was meant to be the whole plan — then I fell down the rabbit hole of amateur watch collecting. (599 words)
#watches #watchcollecting #bauhaus #digitalminimalism #timex #braunwatch #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-classic-watches/?ref=mastodon

After ten years of smartwatches, tech fatigue pushed me toward a classic analog one. A Braun BN0301 was meant to be the whole plan — then I fell down the rabbit hole of amateur watch collecting. (599 words)
#watches #watchcollecting #bauhaus #digitalminimalism #timex #braunwatch #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-classic-watches/?ref=mastodon

After ten years of smartwatches, tech fatigue pushed me toward a classic analog one. A Braun BN0301 was meant to be the whole plan — then I fell down the rabbit hole of amateur watch collecting. (599 words)
#watches #watchcollecting #bauhaus #digitalminimalism #timex #braunwatch #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-classic-watches/?ref=mastodon

After ten years of smartwatches, tech fatigue pushed me toward a classic analog one. A Braun BN0301 was meant to be the whole plan — then I fell down the rabbit hole of amateur watch collecting. (599 words)
#watches #watchcollecting #bauhaus #digitalminimalism #timex #braunwatch #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-classic-watches/?ref=mastodon

After ten years of smartwatches, tech fatigue pushed me toward a classic analog one. A Braun BN0301 was meant to be the whole plan — then I fell down the rabbit hole of amateur watch collecting. (599 words)
#watches #watchcollecting #bauhaus #digitalminimalism #timex #braunwatch #posse

🔗 https://behindtheviewfinder.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-classic-watches/?ref=mastodon

When punctuation gets read as an AI tell, protecting your voice starts before editing.

Freewrite Alpha offers a keyboard and a 2-4-line screen, with no browser, spellcheck, grammar suggestions, autocomplete, or AI. Draft here; edit elsewhere.

The catch: $349 for a device that does less. Buying hardware to escape hardware is a contradiction. But a first draft that nothing tries to improve while you're still finding it? That has value.

quiet-tools #3

#Writing #DigitalMinimalism #HumanVoice

When punctuation gets read as an AI tell, protecting your voice starts before editing.

Freewrite Alpha offers a keyboard and a 2-4-line screen, with no browser, spellcheck, grammar suggestions, autocomplete, or AI. Draft here; edit elsewhere.

The catch: $349 for a device that does less. Buying hardware to escape hardware is a contradiction. But a first draft that nothing tries to improve while you're still finding it? That has value.

quiet-tools #3

#Writing #DigitalMinimalism #HumanVoice

Algorithm feeds feel cooked in 2026, so RSS is quietly coming back: you read what you chose, in order.

NetNewsWire is the free, open-source pick for Mac/iPhone/iPad. Catch: leave Apple's world and it stops helping.

Feedbin is the web pick: RSS, newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube together for $7/mo. Catch: you pay, and reading runs through Feedbin's servers.

All-Apple + privacy: NetNewsWire. One inbox for feeds: Feedbin. Which tradeoff bugs you less?

#RSS #OpenWeb #DigitalMinimalism

Algorithm feeds feel cooked in 2026, so RSS is quietly coming back: you read what you chose, in order.

NetNewsWire is the free, open-source pick for Mac/iPhone/iPad. Catch: leave Apple's world and it stops helping.

Feedbin is the web pick: RSS, newsletters, podcasts, and YouTube together for $7/mo. Catch: you pay, and reading runs through Feedbin's servers.

All-Apple + privacy: NetNewsWire. One inbox for feeds: Feedbin. Which tradeoff bugs you less?

#RSS #OpenWeb #DigitalMinimalism

Most feeds reward whatever keeps your thumb moving. SillyCrowd is for the opposite: tools and ideas that give attention back. Expect quiet product finds, honest tradeoffs, notes on AI that reduce noise instead of adding to it, and practical systems for reading, memory, and knowledge work.

#Introduction #Productivity #KnowledgeWork #SecondBrain #DigitalMinimalism

Most feeds reward whatever keeps your thumb moving. SillyCrowd is for the opposite: tools and ideas that give attention back. Expect quiet product finds, honest tradeoffs, notes on AI that reduce noise instead of adding to it, and practical systems for reading, memory, and knowledge work.

#Introduction #Productivity #KnowledgeWork #SecondBrain #DigitalMinimalism

One of the tools I have in my #digitalminimalism toolkit is my Xteink X4. It cost me about 40 bucks and gives me the power to tow around an entire ebook library in my pocket.

No data harvesting analytics, telemetry, or other privacy abusing features caked in. It has an excellent community with a plethora of custom OS options to choose from.

SD, FTP, and even Bluetooth for those who want to use an external page turner.

All this in something the size of a credit card. My favorite #ereader

#SobriétéNumérique et #FrugalitéNumérique, c’est adopter une approche parcimonieuse des outils afin de réduire son #EmpreinteNumérique.

#NumériqueResponsable #LowTech #Écoconception #SobriétéTechnologique #TransitionNumérique #SustainableIT #DigitalSobriety #GreenIT #Tech4Future #DigitalMinimalism #AutonomieStratégique

#SobriétéNumérique et #FrugalitéNumérique, c’est adopter une approche parcimonieuse des outils afin de réduire son #EmpreinteNumérique.

#NumériqueResponsable #LowTech #Écoconception #SobriétéTechnologique #TransitionNumérique #SustainableIT #DigitalSobriety #GreenIT #Tech4Future #DigitalMinimalism #AutonomieStratégique

#SobriétéNumérique et #FrugalitéNumérique, c’est adopter une approche parcimonieuse des outils afin de réduire son #EmpreinteNumérique.

#NumériqueResponsable #LowTech #Écoconception #SobriétéTechnologique #TransitionNumérique #SustainableIT #DigitalSobriety #GreenIT #Tech4Future #DigitalMinimalism #AutonomieStratégique

#SobriétéNumérique et #FrugalitéNumérique, c’est adopter une approche parcimonieuse des outils afin de réduire son #EmpreinteNumérique.

#NumériqueResponsable #LowTech #Écoconception #SobriétéTechnologique #TransitionNumérique #SustainableIT #DigitalSobriety #GreenIT #Tech4Future #DigitalMinimalism #AutonomieStratégique

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🥳🎉 "Tim's #Favicon Fiasco! 🎨: Where storing a whole website in a 16x16 pixel square is the latest in digital minimalism. Because why store data efficiently when you can turn your browser's tab bar into a clown car of uselessness? 🚗💨"
https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/ #Fiasco #DigitalMinimalism #ClownCar #Uselessness #WebDesign #HackerNews #ngated

🥳🎉 "Tim's #Favicon Fiasco! 🎨: Where storing a whole website in a 16x16 pixel square is the latest in digital minimalism. Because why store data efficiently when you can turn your browser's tab bar into a clown car of uselessness? 🚗💨"
https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/i-stored-a-website-in-a-favicon/ #Fiasco #DigitalMinimalism #ClownCar #Uselessness #WebDesign #HackerNews #ngated

What's a reasonable amount of personal data to have?

I remember my first hard drive had 40mb capacity so everything had to fit in there with some floppy 💾 help.

Nowadays drives go by Terabytes and that's not including cloud storage (exocapacity?)

However maintaining backups or cloud storage for too much data gets expensive and difficult to search through.

#storage #digitalminimalism

Ah, the brave soul who ditched Spotify for *drumroll*... an FM radio station 🚀📻. Because nothing screams 'digital minimalism' like setting up your own broadcast to escape the shackles of music streaming 🙄. Welcome to the future, where #complexity is the new simplicity! 🤦‍♂️
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/ #digitalminimalism #FMradio #musicstreaming #simplicity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the brave soul who ditched Spotify for *drumroll*... an FM radio station 🚀📻. Because nothing screams 'digital minimalism' like setting up your own broadcast to escape the shackles of music streaming 🙄. Welcome to the future, where #complexity is the new simplicity! 🤦‍♂️
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/ #digitalminimalism #FMradio #musicstreaming #simplicity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the brave soul who ditched Spotify for *drumroll*... an FM radio station 🚀📻. Because nothing screams 'digital minimalism' like setting up your own broadcast to escape the shackles of music streaming 🙄. Welcome to the future, where #complexity is the new simplicity! 🤦‍♂️
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/ #digitalminimalism #FMradio #musicstreaming #simplicity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the brave soul who ditched Spotify for *drumroll*... an FM radio station 🚀📻. Because nothing screams 'digital minimalism' like setting up your own broadcast to escape the shackles of music streaming 🙄. Welcome to the future, where #complexity is the new simplicity! 🤦‍♂️
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/ #digitalminimalism #FMradio #musicstreaming #simplicity #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the brave soul who ditched Spotify for *drumroll*... an FM radio station 🚀📻. Because nothing screams 'digital minimalism' like setting up your own broadcast to escape the shackles of music streaming 🙄. Welcome to the future, where #complexity is the new simplicity! 🤦‍♂️
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/ #digitalminimalism #FMradio #musicstreaming #simplicity #HackerNews #ngated

I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station

https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/

#HackerNews #homemadeFMradio #digitalminimalism #Spotifyalternative #audiotech

I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station

https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/

#HackerNews #homemadeFMradio #digitalminimalism #Spotifyalternative #audiotech

Updates on the digital journey: https://andrewmelder.com/2026/06/07/updates-on-the-digital-journey.html

Heading forward by going backwards..in a sense.

#Technology #Smartphones #Dumbphones #DigitalMinimalism #IntentionalTechnology #Android #Pixel

Updates on the digital journey: https://andrewmelder.com/2026/06/07/updates-on-the-digital-journey.html

Heading forward by going backwards..in a sense.

#Technology #Smartphones #Dumbphones #DigitalMinimalism #IntentionalTechnology #Android #Pixel

Securo is an open-source personal finance manager for people who want full control of their financial data.

Track accounts, budgets, transactions, investments, and savings goals on your own infrastructure. Includes bank sync, multi-currency support, reports, 2FA, and optional AI assistants.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=securo

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #PersonalFinance #MoneyManagement #DigitalMinimalism

Securo is an open-source personal finance manager for people who want full control of their financial data.

Track accounts, budgets, transactions, investments, and savings goals on your own infrastructure. Includes bank sync, multi-currency support, reports, 2FA, and optional AI assistants.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=securo

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #PersonalFinance #MoneyManagement #DigitalMinimalism

Modern classrooms are filled with AI tools, apps, and digital devices. While technology creates exciting learning opportunities, students also need to learn when and how to use it effectively. Digital minimalism encourages purposeful technology use, fewer distractions, and better focus. In a world of constant notifications, managing technology wisely is becoming an essential skill for future-ready learners.

#EdTech #DigitalLearning #DigitalMinimalism #K12Education

Razzia is a free and open-source self-hosted quiz platform for classrooms, community events, game nights, and small competitions.

It supports real-time multiplayer quizzes, custom question sets, media attachments, and a built-in quiz editor — all running on your own server.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=razzia

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Quiz #Education #Docker #DigitalMinimalism

Razzia is a free and open-source self-hosted quiz platform for classrooms, community events, game nights, and small competitions.

It supports real-time multiplayer quizzes, custom question sets, media attachments, and a built-in quiz editor — all running on your own server.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=razzia

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Quiz #Education #Docker #DigitalMinimalism

OpenLogi is an early-stage open-source alternative to Logitech Options+ focused on privacy and local control.

It lets you customize Logitech devices without accounts, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Currently macOS-only and still under active development, but a promising option for users who want more control over their peripherals.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openlogi

#OpenSource #Privacy #macOS #Logitech #Productivity #DigitalMinimalism

OpenLogi is an early-stage open-source alternative to Logitech Options+ focused on privacy and local control.

It lets you customize Logitech devices without accounts, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Currently macOS-only and still under active development, but a promising option for users who want more control over their peripherals.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openlogi

#OpenSource #Privacy #macOS #Logitech #Productivity #DigitalMinimalism

Papra is an open-source, self-hosted document management platform focused on long-term document storage and organization.

It includes OCR-powered search, tagging, email ingestion, sharing, and document archiving, all under your control.

Still under active development, but an interesting privacy-friendly alternative to traditional document archive tools.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=papra

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #DocumentManagement #OCR #DigitalMinimalism

Papra is an open-source, self-hosted document management platform focused on long-term document storage and organization.

It includes OCR-powered search, tagging, email ingestion, sharing, and document archiving, all under your control.

Still under active development, but an interesting privacy-friendly alternative to traditional document archive tools.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=papra

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #DocumentManagement #OCR #DigitalMinimalism