Recently started using a LightPhone II when out of the house, and I found the article captured my current experience pretty well. It’s not so bad to be bored sometimes.

  • JoJoGAH@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I used paper maps before internet and smart phones, I used to have a better sense of where I was . I bought a local map recently as well as a good compass, the compass just to get oriented in which direction things are.
    I feel more connected and grounded than when using Google maps.
    Surprises are part of this path but that’s true of any adventure.

    • AlternateRouteEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Paper maps -> printed map quest directions -> early GPS device -> Google maps with live updates.

      Used them all.

      Towns and Cities with numbered streets and avenues are super easy with regular maps.

      Trying to find ANYTHING in a city of only named streets requires a huge amount of memorizing without search.