It seems that new gadgets or gismos are coming out every day trying to make our life easier and less complicated. Some fit this trend, but most make our lives more complex. Examples of some gadgets that make our lives easier consist of cellphones, PDA's, Apple's ipod, GPS devices and most importantly the desktop or laptop computer. (Even though this can be categorized as being both a device that makes our lives more complex and easier.) Do you remember how we were before cellphones became so popular. We used pay phones or home phones and it seems that we almost always played "phone tag" or had missed someone's call. Cellphones are a great example of a device that has mostly made out lives easier and more efficient. Apple's iPod has made listening to music and videos a lots easier. Do you remember carrying lots and lots of different CD's in your car or in your backpack. Do you remember the VHS tape and needing a TV and a VCR to watch the VHS tape. Again, the ipod has revolutionized how we listen and watch music and movies.
A company which we all probably have been to or at least window shopped at is , The Sharper Image. I think this company is a prime example of a company trying to sell new gadgets or gismos that no one really needs. An article form Digg.com called, The Future Was Then explains that the main problem of this gadgetorium is that it tries selling us stuff we just don't need and that the majority of their products make our lives more complex. One man from the article says, "where will I kill time while my wife shops," which I thought was pretty funny. Because I have been one of those husbands window shopping in The Sharper Image.
Anyway, I think This company will stay around in some altered form. But the times have caught up with that erstwhile icon of modernity. We will be losing things such as the Grill/Fork Thermometer, luminescent safety leash, hideaway gym or the telescoping ladder. Which I don't know a single person that owns one of these or has purchased anything from this company. Good luck and stay strong, Sharper Image you'll need some help getting back on your feet.
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