I think I made the configuration on my server way more complicated than I needed to so I think I am going to make a repo of my config files and try and wrangle them into order but I started with Beeper which was a bad idea. All you really need are the element and synapse docker images, a few config files you generate, and a docker compose file. I haven’t messed with configuring the Bridges yet but there’s a method and it looks fairly straight forward.
What I really like about the whole concept is that there’s no way for non-digital contacts to reach me. No text messages or voice calls. If I need to make a dial call, I can fire up a Google Voice session I already have setup. Anyone that needs to call me can reach out on Matrix via a Bridge, and anyone that needs to phone me [doctors?], can leave a message on my google voice. I never pick up the phone anyway, so I’d much rather just get a silent notification that I have a voice mail than have to have my brain disrupted.
The only real sticking point that I can think of is turn by turn navigation, easily, but I can still do it on my watch [Garmin] if I absolutely needed it. Google maps is a bloating piece of shit anyway. I almost just want to go back to paper maps.
I just bought a raspberry pi CM4 powered machine with a backlit keyboard, 5 inch LCD, and a cellular modem.
I am planning on using that as much as possible while leaving my phone at home.
Nothing in my pocket. Matrix Bridges for chats. A keyboard and interface for looking up information I need, and no apps to distract me.
I hope this experiment works.
I’m thinking about getting into matrix, how has it been for you?
I think I made the configuration on my server way more complicated than I needed to so I think I am going to make a repo of my config files and try and wrangle them into order but I started with Beeper which was a bad idea. All you really need are the element and synapse docker images, a few config files you generate, and a docker compose file. I haven’t messed with configuring the Bridges yet but there’s a method and it looks fairly straight forward.
Good luck
What I really like about the whole concept is that there’s no way for non-digital contacts to reach me. No text messages or voice calls. If I need to make a dial call, I can fire up a Google Voice session I already have setup. Anyone that needs to call me can reach out on Matrix via a Bridge, and anyone that needs to phone me [doctors?], can leave a message on my google voice. I never pick up the phone anyway, so I’d much rather just get a silent notification that I have a voice mail than have to have my brain disrupted.
The only real sticking point that I can think of is turn by turn navigation, easily, but I can still do it on my watch [Garmin] if I absolutely needed it. Google maps is a bloating piece of shit anyway. I almost just want to go back to paper maps.
For vehicle navigation, Waze is amazing.
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