so i'm starting to see a pattern forming in the way that i'm utilising my technology these days.
almost forced on me in the last six months due to my lack of work and funds i have had to adapt on many levels to be able to move forward in the social space i have engaged with in the last three years. it has not been a terrible thing. realising that i have other ways of living low profile with minimal resources yet optimising those experiences to give me at least the basics has changed my fundamental requirements of life.
i'm not running out and scraping together money for the latest gadget. i have requirements for some but i'm not longer playing that desire game of giving myself sharp short term life hacks of happiness by having the most up to date bling of tech.
chewing on the fat of my own words about the latest and greatest device that 'does not quite live up to the hype' and also being concerned about the 'bigger picture' of the world around us as i travel back and forth on the public train network of this country has really allowed me to focus on what is important.
my recent investment of £12 in a mobile phone that does text and phone calls with a lcd screen was bought about because of a number of things but mainly the failure of an android smartphone (sic) to make phone calls.
the one had been on for a number of days and although i know i can just turn it off and on again to refresh the memory and clear out any memory leaking apps it highlighted an important thing to me. a phone should still, always be able to make a phonecall.
in an emergency situation i should be able to in a number of clicks make a phone call, of course i have issues then if the networks are working but the majority of phones that i have bought in my past have been foremost a phone, that you can make and receive calls on.
this lag issue set me off thinking about what was important, what other areas do i have similar style 'memory leaks' in my life. it all dove tailed from there.
i realise that as my business card suggests as the 'digital esp landscape spirit guide' assisting people along with their own digital journey means that the digital inclusion part should assist in the overall message.
you do not need the latest tech, you do not need to spend buckets of money on that fancy website, the tools that can assist you in production, distribute and aggregation do already exist. you simple need to organise your output pipeline and only buy the basics until you require to scale up. having a base set of tools is vital for any craftsperson - digital or analog.
the mygocard (note: i work with mygocard as a retention of my social media services) is similar to a lot of other cards out there dealing with prepaid mastercard services but they stand out to me because the features that they have thought about with the card make it an ideal candidate for the 'always on the move digital low income creative' like myself.
the phone and the way i can load money on the card and pay for my giffgaff mobile sim packages (for the vx1) via the website make it an idea product for my light needs.
starting to learn to travel lightly through life by being in control of what you have and use is really waking me up to a new side of life that should i have always been living.
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