Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A 13 Year-Old Tries a Walkman

BBC News Magazinge reports on Giving up my iPod for a Walkman "The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week."

"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."

"Personally, I'm relieved I live in the digital age, with bigger choice, more functions and smaller devices. I'm relieved that the majority of technological advancement happened before I was born, as I can't imagine having to use such basic equipment every day."

4 comments:

The Dad said...

Back in MY day Walkmen were called BOOKS.

Karl said...

I'm just glad to know that "the majority of technological advancement" is already done and I don't have to worry about any new gadgets.

Michael Critz said...

When I first read that article I thought, “damn has it really been 13 years since Walkmen were around.” After doing the math… yeah, pretty much.

Megs said...

A few months ago I was wishing my iPod could have radio on it, be able to choose AM and FM stations, and then I realised - oh wait, that's basically what a walkman was (besides the tape part). I do miss being able to listen to live news shows or sports (and no, I don't have an iPhone and won't get one because then I'll have to carry 3 phones w/ me).