A couple months ago I did a massive purge in my apartment. It was interesting for me to see what types of clutter I was accumulating and where it ended up in my place. I have to confess that I…
Category: Deletion
Deleting Accounts: Email
For the last three months I’ve been closing down one email account and transferring everything over to another account. I haven’t changed my email address in over 10 years and I’m quite surprised at how complex and daunting this task…
The Art of Deletion
Many people view destruction as something negative and this viewpoint is not entirely unfounded. After all when we hear about destruction it’s usually accompanied by violence, a natural disaster, or something with a negative connotation. It’s the kind of action…
Let’s Keep Everything, Just In Case
I hear this phrase a lot in both my personal and professional life. I’m continually amazed at the reticence people have to delete anything digital, especially email. It’s not uncommon for me to see email accounts with thousands of read/unread messages. Whenever…
Deleting Accounts
I have too many accounts. I feel like every time I’m on my laptop or a mobile device, I’m constantly having to login to something. Or reset a password. I find it hard to remember: all logins/passwords the existence of…