The best tech gifts for Christmas that aren't gadgets

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In this pandemic-induced era of scarcity, tech-adjacent presents that don't involve hardware or thoughtless gift cards may be especially welcome.

My favorite holiday tech gift doesn’t require batteries or software updates. It’s not even a gadget, though it was made with technology.A few years ago, my wife experimented with her iPad and a digital stylus to make digital illustrations. Using Procreate, a drawing app, she loaded a photo of our beloved corgi, Max, as a reference to trace over before embellishing the image with a polka-dot bow tie and a cartoonishly long tongue.

She had complained to me about her five-year-old iPhone SE. The device could no longer take photos or install software updates because nearly all of the device’s data storage was used up. In some ways, this beats giving a brand-new gadget because it spares them the hassle of learning how to use a new piece of tech.Apart from the example of the digital illustration of my dog, there are plenty of other ways we can use tech to create for friends and family.

Before the pandemic upended our lives, my wife bought a DSLR, the type of digital camera used by professionals, with the goal of learning more about digital photography. Then the lockdowns happened, vacations turned into staycations and the camera ended up living in a drawer.

 

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