As this iDevice revolution continues to gather steam, and we continue to find more and more ways to integrate technology with our lifestyles, there is this relationship developing: almost an interdependency with our toys (does anyone else out there think iPhones are just tamagotchi for the older generation?)
When we switch our computer on, we are greeted by a smiley, happy face to let us know all is well in the land of silicon, and the analogies are extended to a saccharin-sweet excess when you try to install, trash or do something that is not allowed -"yes, i really DO want to trash that file that i dragged into the trash!...
But don't get me wrong... I love personality in a device. Hey, I learnt to drive and repair cars on an old '67 IIa Landrover, and this thing had personality... Anyone else out there used to driving these old buckets-of-baling-twine-and-hope will know what i mean - there's something about a system of integrated parts that has worn itself into a rhythm... [or that temperamental pile of old silicon switches on your desk that only works when you hit it the right way....] that we get to know and love - in effect, by the natural modifications of our actions to eke the most out of a system, we become another part of that system!
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...let's leave all the ghost-in-the-machine stuff for those who need friends ;)
-&c.
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