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Have you written about your motivations or experience without a cell phone? I've been considering getting rid of mine (and a local friend switched to a dumb ph
by ChristianBundy 8y ago
Have you written about your motivations or experience without a cell phone?
I've been considering getting rid of mine (and a local friend switched to a dumb phone[0]) but RMS is the first person that comes to mind when I think of a programmer without a cell phone.
[0]: http://jordancrane.me/2018/04/16/the-dumbphone-chronicles/ http://jordancrane.me/2018/04/16/the-dumbphone-chronicles/
- jacquesm 8y agoI'm a bit like your friend, and I add one more twist, I have my phone off quite frequently. Not switched to silence, just off. I don't need to be reachable at any time of day or night.
- __s 8y agoI'm also a programmar without a phone or cell. No TV either. I beat people to the punch & laugh about being a technoluddite. Goes along with my at-home development environment being a linux tty & staying off Facebook. Have a nice century old home. My boss is thinking of buying me a cell. I tend towards a lot of seemingly contradictory behavior: philosophically I'm somewhat of a stoic/hedonist hybrid I think programmers are more likely to opt out of things like cell phones. More likely to be technically competent enough to be work around challenges of going with simplicity & more likely to want that simplicity. Also more likely to see behind the curtain of this post privacy world
- cheschire 8y agoI haven't written about it, but that's a good idea. Thanks!