Gadgets

I am a total geek and have tons of gadgets. My main one is my laptop (although it is the slightly older titanium version), which I use constantly. Going with me everywhere is my ipod (which just got even more useful) and my older PDA/phone by handspring (its the Treo 180). I’ve got a new digital camera which I just love. I’ve got a digital video camera as well, which isn’t used nearly as often, but still gets used for the occasional final cut pro edit or video experiment.

i was thinking about all of this when I read this interesting article in the times about people buying cool gadgets but never using them. They usually are too complex to set up or they just aren’t useful for people. I found that odd since, while I have tons of gadgets, I use them constantly. I throughly research each gadget before buying them and make sure I know I will need it. Some of it may be buyers guilt. I know that I used my video camera a lot right after buying it, in some ways to justify the purchase. But I still use it, albeit not as often. In fact since I just purchased my camera, I may be “done” on new gadget purchases for a bit (although I may get a flash to go with it), but I feel I have a lot of cool, useful and powerful little electronics.