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Working Tools

My Halo's slipped

Life with home automation by Amazon, phone by Google and computers by everyone is absolutely fine (watch by Timex).

Remarkable for PDFs

The Remarkable 2 offers the promise of an old-fashioned experience on a digital tool. So, I synced my Google Drive with the Remarkable loaded up some gargantuan papers and settled into my armchair.

The Domino Effect of a New Desk

So a Windows machine makes the most sense. I can have my Windows Surface laptop powering a couple of LG monitors and live in the whacky world of Microsoft.

Recoil

In fact, by design, it's a bit awkward. It doesn't even have a browser. What it does do, is allow you to make lots of notes by hand. A sort of electronic notebook.

The Forde MoneyChanger

This was 1988, not the middle-ages. There were computers in the business, in the head office. Not for me, though, I worked on the counters.

Still Teching

This German company makes machines in Germany specifically for Linux, and even has an in-house flavour of the operating system, designed to be accessible to people who think that the command line is some sort of military term.

Anytype

Anytype is beautifully marketed. For someone like me, suddenly concerned about data privacy, cross-platform, and worried about "Big Tech", it hits all the notes. "For those who celebrate trust and autonomy." It's a nerd war cry!

Data Migration

It's probably an overreaction, but my feelings about data privacy have hardened over the last weeks. The Orange One has given me pause on several fronts.
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