Nostalgia and Rose-Colored Glasses for Blackberry

On the blog this week was… Admitting my continued love of
Blackberry and if physical keyboards on phones are worth it. Blog
is on  ObscuredNarration.com right now.
This podcast allows me to go deeper on this topic.





For some time, I’ve been fixated on finding the right mobile
device for  me. A device that’s curated just for my use
case, not a black slab of  glass that is just a notification
vehicle. In my heart I thought this  was a device with a
physical keyboard. Thinking of this I fondly  remember my
days as a Blackberry Curve user and how much I loved that
 phone. But now, I’m not so sure if I wanted it for getting
more work  done, or if my rose-colored nostalgia for the
early days of smartphones.





This podcast has undergone a lot of changes and big gaps in
publishing, I recognize that. I tried to cover the news and that
just set me up for failure. I follow news closely but I’m not a
reporter. Instead of a podcast this will be more of a journal
(which is what I  changed my blog into as well). I need a
place to talk about the random  tech shenanigans I’m up to,
what I’m learning and what’s rolling around  in my brain.
This isn’t what’s always at the top of the news cycle.
 Sometimes the news might trigger it.





I dislike where tech is going. Often “tech enthusiasts” are just
 people who know how to use a laptop or phone and just does
the things  the company that makes it tells them to do. When
they run into a  problem, they just look for another app to
fix it. These are the same people that wait for huge keynotes so
the company  can tell them how to use the device and what
new apps will fix their life’s problems.





Budget tech is about biggest bang for your buck. Its about making
 things last longer. Its about finding solutions, using
critical thinking  to find and build your own solutions. Its
about fixing things yourself,  not subscribing to Apple Care





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your feedback on this topic and more.