Over on TaskMac, a Mac productivity blog that is a side project of mine, I talked about how my use of Instapaper has declined drastically. That was through no fault of Instapaper. Instead, I found that I was just using Instapaper as a dumping ground, and rarely got around to reading what I sent there. As a result, I almost completely stopped using it. If there is an item that I really do want to read later, now I just email it to myself. That got me to thinking of some of the other tech toys, services, or apps that I once loved, that have fallen out of favor in my world.
The first service that comes to mind for me is Google Wave. I was excited about Wave when Google released it, but thereafter my interest declined, and then I stopped using it completely when Google announced its (sort of) death. On the hardware front, my wife could tell you about all the gadgets that litter our house, that I rarely or never use. The Xbox 360 falls into that category. I do go through periods of time where I play a bit, but I can go months (or in one case, almost two years) without touching it. I prefer the PC for gaming. The Wii falls into that camp as well, and probably even more so. I haven’t turned it on in ages.
How about you? Can you think of a gadget, app, service, or other tech item that you once loved, but now rarely or never use? Let us know in the comments.
Sean says:
Well, I can list a number of gadgets that I should NOT have bought… e.g. PSP – utterly useless even for kids!
PS3 was good for blu-ray until Netflix increased BD rates and I dropped that option.
Money wasted: PSP, PS3, Nook
Money’s worth: iPhone, Wii, Dell Laptop, my various NAS boxes, Onkyo receiver.
Overall, I think I’m doing more than even but wish to avoid future $$ waste.
Let’s see how it goes.
September 5, 2011 — 1:53 am
Evan Kline says:
Ohhh, Onkyo. That’s a lesser known brand that I’ve had great success with. I was a bit sad when we bought our new house, and it had a home theater system already, because it meant I had to sell my Onkyo system. It wasn’t too expensive, and really sounded great.
September 8, 2011 — 8:57 pm
Lea G says:
hey I have been using the camera with the USB transfer, I feel it is really off date not, I feel this needs to be replaced by wireless transfer and that to faster.
September 5, 2011 — 7:44 am
Carla says:
Some couple of years I made a Myspace profile and at that time I was so into it, I logged in almost everyday but now I even disabled my account.
September 5, 2011 — 6:15 pm