Appropriate Technology is a description of technology designed foremost to fit in it's context of creation and use, rather than maximising technological 'progress' (high-tech) or blindly reacting against it (low-tech).
In recent decades this dichotomy has been prevelant in consumer electronics, with continual obselecance being the expectation, and a turn to tech-free living done out of frustration.
My question is not how to avoid tech, but what do we actually need from it, and how can we get that without giving control of our information, thinking, and lives, to misanthropic corporations?
I will begin with a proof of concept: an attempt to build a minimalist replacement to my phone, that does precisely what I need it for on a daily basis, and no more.
Last updated 02026-04-10