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Monday, October 20, 2008

The iPhone as multi-purpose gadget

October 20, 2008

Self-Reliance 2008 – The Atlantic (November 2008): “The postmillennial version of a Leather­man is the Apple iPhone. Like all digital technologies, the iPhone has yet to achieve the hard-grained, Spartan elegancies of the steely Leatherman. It makes up for this with its cannibal appetite for other tools. Leathermans will disappear—I commonly give mine away—but iPhones [...]

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The iPhone as multi-purpose gadget

October 20, 2008

Self-Reliance 2008 – The Atlantic (November 2008): “The postmillennial version of a Leather­man is the Apple iPhone. Like all digital technologies, the iPhone has yet to achieve the hard-grained, Spartan elegancies of the steely Leatherman. It makes up for this with its cannibal appetite for other tools. Leathermans will disappear—I commonly give mine away—but iPhones [...]

Read the full article →