The opposite of a good idea

I was chatting with my neighbor in the lane today.

We’re both fairly tech-savvy, using technology extensively in our projects.

And it reminded me that there are always more than one way to go about things, even when you think the path is obvious.

His tech-savvy led him to automating his entire home. Everything, controllable from his phone. It’s very cool.

My tech-savvy led me to minimizing tech as much as possible. From having being so exposed to it, I love the low-tech, tactile alternatives to tech-everything. Physical notebooks and calendars. Drawing on paper. Light switches that are on or off, no UI. A local, owned music collection. Card games over TV. Gardening by hand rather than with those little robot things that tootle around yards.

Both are responses to tech-savvy.

It’s a reminder, to me anyway, that opposite of a good idea may also be another good idea.