My old filofax
Jul. 1st, 2005 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
louiseluxNext week I'm going to Durham for three days, for a project meeting and a workshop: for the workshop we have to take an object: something that you once used to use a lot but now never do.
I finally decided to take my filofax (aka personal organiser), although I could just as well take my video recorder (or just perhaps the manual to represent it). There are reasons why I never use either of them anymore, so lots to talk about with both. One thing I noticed is that I hardly ever write addresses, phone numbers or email address down anymore. I use my mobile phone or an email program for contacts. I use an actual notebook for notes/stories and a paper desk diary at work. My filofax was intended to be used for all those things--how useful, you might say, but it's interesting that as my use of different types of communication technology increased I stopped using the filofax use different mediums for different things. Of course, it doesn't have to be like this, it just is because of various factors: the type of work I do, what I can afford, what's marketed at me so I notice it in the mad rush of products on the market.
As for the video - I hardly watch TV and never want to tape anything and love the quality of DVDs. I love the user interface because it's easy to use, unlike a video recorder, which takes a lot of guesswork.
I finally decided to take my filofax (aka personal organiser), although I could just as well take my video recorder (or just perhaps the manual to represent it). There are reasons why I never use either of them anymore, so lots to talk about with both. One thing I noticed is that I hardly ever write addresses, phone numbers or email address down anymore. I use my mobile phone or an email program for contacts. I use an actual notebook for notes/stories and a paper desk diary at work. My filofax was intended to be used for all those things--how useful, you might say, but it's interesting that as my use of different types of communication technology increased I stopped using the filofax use different mediums for different things. Of course, it doesn't have to be like this, it just is because of various factors: the type of work I do, what I can afford, what's marketed at me so I notice it in the mad rush of products on the market.
As for the video - I hardly watch TV and never want to tape anything and love the quality of DVDs. I love the user interface because it's easy to use, unlike a video recorder, which takes a lot of guesswork.