@kidhack iPod Touch 5 has good chip speed, front/back cams, mic, motion(eg Nike+). Crossed a threshold. Touch ID? Meh.
2014: left phone at home every day. iPod+wifi/mifi works. delete x-5278 #. #iamnotanumber #nophone #future
Exception: I may start bringing my #FirefoxOS test phone with me for dogfooding, but I'm still not going to share or use the number.
How to go #nophone summary:
Text Messages:
* iMessage
* Facebook Messenger
* Google+ Hangouts
* AIM
* Twitter DM
Audio/Video calls:
* FaceTime
* Skype
Calling the old world (government or businesses like restaurants and doctors)
* G+ Hangouts, phone icon, free outbound US phone calls, no Google Voice needed.
Filling in dumb web forms that require a phone number:
* +1.800.555.1212 (or pick a geo-specific area code)
@ericnakagawa more validators welcome!
Check out: microformats.org/wiki/validators
Especially: indiewebify.me/validate-h-entry #indieweb
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