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Technological overload. Somewhere along the line we fell off the fence. The simpler a machine is to operate, the more successful it will be. Menu driven anything is a pain in the ass. User friendly is a term that has fallen from favour but to me the ultimate in user friendly is a non electrified land line phone or a pop up toaster. Simple, efficient, and very rarely break.
An old Waring blender from the fifties still does the job and never breaks. Today you can go through a new one a year with lots of useless buttons. The original blenders had an on off switch. Its all you need and they last a lifetime.
Where the hell are people going to watch small screen porn? On a bus? I don't
see guys reading hard core piccie mags on the bus, so why ipod porn?
It all makes me shake my head....