Adhoc poll: what's the most recent technology you've seen and gone "wow I gotta get that" and spent money to get access to, and were at least mostly happy with?
Not something pushed on you, not some new framework that was annoying to learn but everything is using it now, not some Next Big Thing that turned out to be a disappointment, or something constantly pushed on you by advertising that you didn't ever want to use, but a "wow that's neat, I need that!" technology?
@foone A bunch of Apple #Airtags. They are what I always needed (I tried all keyfinders) and they changed my life.
#EInk tablets with Wacom digitizers in multiple sizes. I‘ve been trying these for 20 years, starting with the #Irex #Iliad. The devices I use were all purchased without hesitation and remorse, I use them daily.
#Airpods with ANC, same.
If any of these break, they will be replaced the next day, that‘s the indicator for relevant tech for me. Yet all of these evolved onto me.
@foone Not sure if that counts as technology: #Aeropress Go Plus. It‘s an aeropress coffee maker with all parts contained in an insulating mug. I wanted this to exist for more than a decade for travelling. This Monday I learned that it exists and I immediately ordered it.
I guess targeted advertising for things I have been thinking about for a while must be extremely effective. Just invent what I want and have been thinking about and I will buy it without much consideration.
@cstross @feorag I got the „Go Plus“, not the regular „Go“ - I guess it has the same volume as a regular Aeropress and was invented to fix that exact shortcoming.
I‘ll show it to Feorag tomorrow to see if it can brew a sufficiently large volume morning coffee :-)
https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-go-plus?variant=45689849413875
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️
Charlie Stross