Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Gadgetry'

Why I Don’t Have an iPhone (but might someday)

June 10th, 2008 · 30 comments so far

As you probably know, Apple released iPhone 2.0 yesterday. Watch Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote Address if you haven’t already seen it.
I watched it live on MacRumors, and when it was over I Twittered this:

That comment solicited quite a reaction from my Twitterverse. Two examples:

As a designer and gadget geek, I’m constantly asked why I don’t [...]

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My Cell Phones: 2000 - Today

June 4th, 2008 · 1 comment so far

Alex Rainert just posted this great piece on his blog Everyday UX showing the evolution of his mobile phones from 1998 to now.
I was inspired to post my own, though I have to admit I’m not sure if I have the exact models right. Thanks to GSM Arena for having photos of every mobile phone [...]

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TwitterBerry was mean to me

March 1st, 2008 · 6 comments so far

I’ve got a thing for Twitter and I own a BlackBerry, so naturally I use TwitterBerry. It’s a downloadable BB app that lets me post updates, get replies, read my friends timeline and the public timeline — all without having to load Twitter in the mobile browser.
It isn’t perfect, but it usually works pretty well [...]

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Nine Reasons Why I Love the Roomba

February 17th, 2008 · 4 comments so far

My manager Josh talks about his Roomba a lot. His family owns two — one for each floor of their house — and he swears it has helped to avert arguments with his wife because they no longer have to vacuum. Despite the fact that I live in a studio and basically have no excuse [...]

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My MacBook Air finally arrived!

February 8th, 2008 · 2 comments so far

I ordered a MacBook Air the day of the Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld Expo, and today the package arrived, four days ahead of schedule.
Specs:

13.3-inch glossy widescreen LED screen
2GB memory
1.80GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
64GB solid-state drive
Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
3.0 pounds

I also bought an external USB SuperDrive, ethernet adapter and MagSafe [...]

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