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i've noticed myself reaching backwards a lot lately. Like reaching back for things from a simpler or more desirable to me period of time. As if to try and hold on to some things from the past because I don't like where their modern counterparts are going anymore. I've watched tech for example go from something where I was always looking forward with anticipation to it's advances, to where I fear every new update or release will bring some new enshitification. Or remove a feature or function that I rely on.
And then there's the ever increasing data collection that has become just rampant now. My smartphone and smartwatch feel more like tracking devices than tools that serve me half the time anymore. I find myself avoiding them just to get away from the feeling of being constantly monitored. It makes me want to go back to a simple flip phone and a PDA. Sometimes I go straight past that and just use a pad and pen, forgoing any electronic solution entirely.
Nostalgia is also part of it. That's why I've started shooting film cameras again. There's just something about the feel of it, it's like typing a letter on a typewriter instead of sending an email, it just feels more visceral, more real. I've heard talk of an analog renaissance, and i guess it's fair to say I'm part of it. For a multitude of reasons, I've leaned back into the analog world. And I find after decades of being into tech and living in the digital world, I'm really the most happy there.
And then there's the ever increasing data collection that has become just rampant now. My smartphone and smartwatch feel more like tracking devices than tools that serve me half the time anymore. I find myself avoiding them just to get away from the feeling of being constantly monitored. It makes me want to go back to a simple flip phone and a PDA. Sometimes I go straight past that and just use a pad and pen, forgoing any electronic solution entirely.
Nostalgia is also part of it. That's why I've started shooting film cameras again. There's just something about the feel of it, it's like typing a letter on a typewriter instead of sending an email, it just feels more visceral, more real. I've heard talk of an analog renaissance, and i guess it's fair to say I'm part of it. For a multitude of reasons, I've leaned back into the analog world. And I find after decades of being into tech and living in the digital world, I'm really the most happy there.
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I have an Apple Watch, but right now I'm wearing my Seiko 5.
I actually just the other day got the last thing I needed to develop and scan my own film, at least the 35mm, I still need to get or make spools for 110mm.
I've been dumping platforms that I don't like out of my life now for a while, like Google, Facebook, and more recently Discord.
I drive a car from 2019, but refuse to use any of the online features of it or the companion app. And looking at new cars I have no interest in them at all.
And I have a little collection of typewriters, my favorites are my SCM electrics, but I've got a couple nice manuals as well. I've kinda' wanted to get a Selectric for a while, specifically a model 1 that used regular ribbons instead of throw away cartridges.
And I agree, We hit a peak as far as things getting better, now every step forward is two steps back. At some point we turned a corner where it feels like new things stopped being made to make people's lives better, and all that mattered from there on out was profit. I just can't get into that.