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I went through this years ago and have some regrets. I don’t regret getting rid of all physical items, but some. Here’s why: 1. Album art and lyrics… gone. Wou

I went through this years ago and have some regrets. I don’t regret getting rid of all physical items, but some. Here’s why: 1. Album art and lyrics… gone. Would have loved to share these with my son 2. Digital books can’t be skimmed. I have a physical copy of Turbo Pascal above a toilet and love to skim it while doing the business. 3. Photos. We have tens of thousands of digital photos. The gems get lost in this mess even if you star/favorite them. If you have a few shoeboxes of physical photos, don’t get rid of them; cull them. Remove the ones that are scenery and landscape. Keep the faces and people photos. Write metadata on the back (who, where). Frame a few, keep the rest in shoeboxes to look at every 5 years.

simonblack 4y ago
Album Art is still around. I keep that separately from the audio. I use it also as a record of the order of tracks on an LP. 2. Digital books can’t be skimmed. Very true. That's probably what I miss most too. But I see that as an offset. Many books I've had that just sat there year after year on the shelf, getting yellower and dustier by the day. Did I mention that I'm an 'information hoarder'? I still have files on my archive disk from 40 years ago.