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It's Just Cool

In a world of increasing integration, applying past labels often becomes a pointless side-trip through downtown futility.

That iPhone in your pocket - is it a phone? Well, it has "Phone" in the name. Is it a portable computer? A digital camera? A GPS? A pager? A media player?

We can spend hours debating the semantics of various ill-fitting labels when trying to describe a new integrated device. It really doesn't pay. The best thing to do is to just try to decide whether the things we've integrated together make sense and work well as a unit. The iPhone combination listed above is proven to work pretty well. If somebody comes out with a combination electric-shaver/taser, we'll be less enthusiastic. Something is a little off-putting about getting up in the morning and having to be careful not to press the wrong button...