There’s only one downside: I don’t have time to write Digitizd anymore. (I don’t have time for anything anymore, actually, but that’s a different story.) This site has been my baby, the thing I’m most proud of over the last few years, and has introduced me to people and opportunities I never dreamed of being able to get. As sad as I am to see this phase end, it’s time.

I’ve written this post a million times, and it’s different each time, but the one running theme has been how grateful I am to all of you, the readers and friends of Digitizd. You’ve all made this site fun, useful, and hopefully worthwhile. You’ve corrected me the billion times I’ve been wrong, shown me cool things, inspired me to keep working, and much more. I’m grateful to each one of you.

The Verge is going to be amazing, and I can’t wait to show you what we’re working on when the site launches. I’ll be writing ’til my eyes bleed over there, so if you miss me make sure you come say hi!

(Via Kottke)

But then I still had to tell the dumb credit console whether I was paying debit or credit. And then I had to wait for my receipt to print out, all ten miles of it. Which made my attempt at being a mysterious stranger with mysterious magical technology quickly disappearing into the night fail miserably since it wouldve been mad awkward to stare directly into each others eyes for 45 seconds without saying a word.

Google Wallet is clearly a close-up glimpse at what the seamless, slippery future of money looks like—MasterCard is an appropriate enough vector for a technological Mark of the Beast, I suppose—but its still very much in 2011. Friction abounds.

If you miss package deliveries enough to want to punch something, this will make you happy. The day your package is scheduled to be delivered, UPS will text or email or call you with a four-hour delivery window. This service, called UPS My Choice, is free and launches October 3rd. For a $5 fee you can reschedule delivery or ask them to deliver to another address. $5 is a little steep for that if you ask me, but there have definitely been occasions where getting the package that day would have been worth it to me.

Yay. Just, yay. Also, why did no one think of this before?

Getting rid of my iPod touch involves finding two things that work on Android as well as they did on iOS: music, and Instapaper. Music’s going to be tough, but it’s coming along. My Instapaper problem, on the other hand, was solved this morning by a competitor called Read it Later.

I’ve used Read it Later a little bit in the past, but always turned away from the app because it just wasn’t as smooth as Instapaper, particularly the Web version. But this morning, Read it Later got a total facelift on the Web, to the point where it’s not only as good as Instapaper but is actually far better.

The new Web app, in addition to being incredibly good-looking, packs a lot of features I’ve always wanted from Instapaper: search, tagging and sorting, and a more visual look. Your articles are, by default, individual tiles with photos and headlines, instead of the list-of-headlines look Instapaper uses. You can also skim through and prune your queue more easily (critical for me, man of a million unread articles), and more.

Most importantly, it’s really good looking. Here’s the list view:

The article view:

A really good Web version, plus Read it Later’s already-excellent stable of mobile apps, makes switching from Instapaper finally possible (RiL even has a handy import tool). Half-goodbye, my iPod touch!