I tend to be wary of things. I can feel crowded by them. I am crowded, of course, my appartment is as full of stuff as anyone's. Apart from the practical advantage of carrying around dozens of digital books with me anywhere, this was a factor in my adoption of e-reading.
Or course, the problem with that is that as a painter, I keep producing more stuff that keeps accumulating in my appartment
And for the moment, this is not stuff that can be digitised without a substantial loss. In a way, it's reassuring there are still such things. On the other hand, I am running out of space to store them.
I don't feel much sympathy with this cult though. Giving up your appartment to live as a parasite in other people's home does not strike me as particularly admirable. And they all seem to keep their designer's clothes, and of course their i-stuff. If the electronic gadgets that keep us connected were less short-lived and trend sensitive, the statement they are making (but are they?) would be more effective.
Not that I am especially better than they are, I have enough iGadgets already, and I'm planning on buying more. And on keeping my appartment
