{"id":5479,"date":"2010-05-12T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2010-05-12T03:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T08:00:42","slug":"touch-a-touch-a-touch-a-touch-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/5479","title":{"rendered":"Touch-a Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got a new iPod Touch. My old iPod \u2014 purchased before the touch was on the market \u2014 is suffering from rapid battery depletion, and isn’t going to serve its purpose of distracting me for a long period of time on an upcoming trip to the left coast. So I decided to buy myself a present. It’s my birthday, and besides, I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and, doggone it, people like me! Even after playing with it for only a short time, I found myself thinking that the whole web-surfing experience would be so much better with a larger screen and omigod<\/em>. I’ve just purchased a gateway gadget, and addiction is imminent. I expect I’ll be jonesing for an iPad before long. But not before I rant a little.<\/p>\n

Which brings to mind a number of articles I’ve read over the years, usually appearing in bunches whenever a new product has hit the market, which have tried to convince me that Apple actually sucks, and I’m just a victim of a slick marketing campaign. Yeah, right. The hypnosis must be very good, because I keep buying, which makes me a fanboy in the mind of many critics, in whose world there are two types of people: those who loathe Apple, and fanboys who unquestioningly buy the products, despite the fact that they suck. And I just don’t get it.<\/p>\n

I bought a sports car because I wanted a sports car and is (for all practical purposes) a two-seater. Trying to convince me that I’ve been duped, and that I don’t love my sports car \u2014 and I couldn’t possibly enjoy it, because it has insufficient seating \u2014 seems pretty stupid. If I had wanted or needed a car that seats four or eight, I would have gotten a sedan or a minivan. If I had purchased a sports car knowing that I needed more seating capacity, I would be an idiot. But if you think I bought it because I was taken in by some glitzy ad, I think you have misjudged things. Sucky products suck because they don’t work the way they are supposed to, and good products do. That’s the dividing line. My car doesn’t have a trailer hitch, but that’s because it’s not designed to haul a trailer, not because it’s a shoddy product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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