January 4, 2005
It's an Accessory
It is essential to have the latest fashion accessory, to gain instant peer approval. The transformation of 'tech' to 'essential accessory' is all about selling things, and I fall for it everytime. If you need a thing, why not have a pretty, shiny version of it?
My latest purchase was an Iomagic external floppy drive for my laptop. I didn't really need it, but I convinced myself it would round out my kit. And when I made my last minute selection at the jewelry counter at Computer City the extra slots for compact card and memory stick seemed convenient.
When I got the new drive home and out of its packaging, I found a little switch on the back labeled red/blue. The purpose of this switch is to change the color of the led strip on the top of the device. It's hard to decide how to choose a color.....red for days, blue for nights? red for "I have been programming all day and I am really irritated with you so just you DON'T" and blue for "Ahhh that's nice"?
I pondered the extra thought and engineering that went into building a device that not only looks like a personal accessory, but behaves as one. I'm blue! I'm red! I don't know what I am, but my floppy drive displays it!
Posted by Trigger Tech at January 4, 2005 2:11 AM Permalink
