The other week an acquaintance sent me a link to a YouTube video about a woman living in 90 sq. ft. in Manhattan. Wow! I clicked on some of the related links and spent almost two hours watching short clips…
Category: True Confessions
Moving: Bearing Witness
I believe that bearing witness is an important part of any purging process. I’ve sat next to many people while helping them go through their things and make decisions, sometimes difficult ones, about what to keep and what to toss.…
Digital Emphasis & Weighting
One thing I’ve grown to dislike about social media is the way in which it alters our perception of what makes something important. When we are offered only a few bits of information, for example on somebody’s online profile, it…
Moving. Ugh.
I moved in January. I always find moving equal parts excitement and annoyance combined with a healthy amount of stress. It’s not just the physical effort involved to relocate my things, moving also requires addresses to be updated, plus time spent…
Internet of Things, part II
Recently I went shopping for appliances. I was overwhelmed with all the options, but space restrictions allowed me to quickly narrow down the list. I was amazed at the number of “smart” appliances on display, all part of the Internet of Things. For…