Digital minimalism

The author describes two experiments in intentional technology use: "digital minimalism," which is about making each use of technology a conscious choice. For most of the year, the author has posted on X mainly through Firefly, a client that also posts to BlueSky, Farcaster and Lens, and reports feeling much better as a result, which is attributed to missing X's algorithm. Separately, the author spent 100 days with the phone in airplane mode for privacy and mental-health reasons, using public wifi and offline apps such as CoMaps.