September 2010
1 post
Cult of Less Press for the Day
New interviews are out! Today I am on the BBC Radio Programme “Digital Planet” and in a Brazilian newspaper, FOLHA.
August 2010
1 post
Lots of Press.
BBC News covered the Cult of Less project and a torrent of other press requests have followed. The two posts on BoingBoing spurred many comments, questions and (a lot) of criticism. I even made the Sydney Morning Herald. Now is probably a good time to share a few updates with the project since the last post.
I’ve successfully whittled down my belongings to about two suitcases and two...
October 2009
2 posts
September 2009
5 posts
It's Beginning...
Since putting everything online on Monday, things are already starting to sell or be shipped. Super cool. The first item I shipped was actually a book of mine, Building Scalable Web Sites. A few other things have been sold since then, including:
The chastity belt
The “I Make Emo Girls Cry” T-Shirt
Looking at the analytics of the items that people are looking at the most, it...
Here We Go...
I spent the weekend putting the finishing touches on the first “version” I guess of the site. You’ll see that I’ve put together a pretty simple list of everything I own. There are a few things that should be pointed out about this system.
I figure I have 70% of my belongings documented.
The Categories
I’ve sorted all of my belongings into three different...
Is it possible to own nothing?
Well, maybe not nothing. Nothing is a little extreme. But is it possible to own close to the nothing? I hope to have the answer to that question soon. Inspired by a a book or two, I’ve decided to try to see if I can rid my life of most of the clutter. The goal? Condense my life into 2 bags and 2 boxes.
How will I do this? It seems simple to just say: get rid of everything. To realize how...