Category: Deletion

Digital Decluttering

With so many places for digital “clutter” to accumulate unseen without any noticeable physical signs (e.g. running out of space), it’s easy to dismiss it.  I recently ran out of space on my Dropbox account reminding me that it was…

Nature Hates a Void

A short time ago I was tidying up some things in my bathroom for a party I was hosting.  I decided to remove some things from one of the open shelves to make sure nothing got accidentally bumped off by my…

Making Space

When I selected “The Deletist” to be the name of my blog, I had a minor concern that people might think I was all about destruction.  However the message of The Deletist is not about destroying things, but rather emphasizes…

Go Jump in a Lake

Friday evening, while enjoying a pre-dinner glass of wine, I had the misfortune to tumble into a lake with my phone in my dress pocket.  erp.  To be fair, it wasn’t because I was tipsy.  The dock post on which I was…

Swiping Action

What does swipe action mean?   Swiping offers us humans a way to process things quickly on our smartphones, or tablets, by moving our fingers in a certain direction over the screen.  On most devices and apps swiping corresponds with an action…