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Shareable: Gadget Lust Vs. Good Enough

Yes…I am catching up on some reading. This is a great write up linked by Patrick over at Minimal Mac.

minimalmac:

…it may be time to pull yourself away from Twitter and Gizmodo and get some perspective. Take a walk, hit the public library and borrow a book and a DVD. Find a yard sale and remember how quickly the newest tech becomes discarded detritus piled on a driveway. Consider how short the trip is from driveway to the landfill. As geeks, it’s incredibly easy to get seduced by gadget lust, as our obsessions are stoked by the endless, breathless Internet hype cycle. But as long as they operate, the gadgets already in our pockets and in our communities are good enough

I don’t think I could have said it better myself.