technology | by larry moran
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You Know WHO you ARE
No need to come out of the closet when your closet is bigger than most people’s homes. That’s typical for most eccentrics. They’re obsessed with wanting the best of whatever life has to give and exaggeration is often a reflection of that obsession.
Thus, when it comes to gift giving, eccentrics need to understand who they are and follow a few simply guidelines that will more than likely save them both time and money. Regardless of the intentions, every eccentric knows that pleasure out ways pain. However, they fail to realize that too often their eccentricity is a double edge sword for friends and family.
Yet there’s hope…
Eccentrics can at least sleep at night, knowing that their
overboard nature has at least satisfied their insatiable desire to please
others.
Tech Toys Rule
Most eccentrics will agree that “Tech Toys” Rule. In fact, personal digital imaging systems provide the eccentric an endless supply of gadgets that have to be perpetually upgraded.
Systems like the Sony VAIO Digital Studio can be outfitted with an FD Trinitron flat screen monitor, cordless mouse and keyboard, DSL Modem, digital/analog media converter and the latest video editing software. Sony’s portable digital studio, the “PCG-C1X” with built-in digital camera can capture both still and video images that can be instantly emailed back to the office, friends, or family.
Compliment this system with a memory stick PC Card, portable DVD player with personal LCD Monitor (Sony Glasstron) and a Sony DVCAM or MiniDV camera for professional quality images. View all of it using Sony’s CyberFrame, a virtual picture frame capable of running slide shows with audio and video.
While PDA, Hand-Held PC, Palm-Pilots, Pocket PCs, Web-Phones are still hot, the AutoPC from Clarion offers voice activation and hand’s free operation of device like GPS, CD Changer, Radio, CD-ROM, Cellular phone, email alerts, voice mail, and other USB devices transforming your vehicle into a complete “mobile office”.
Business travelers will like the
portable CD/Radio alarm clock with Sound Soother and can be comfortable
wherever the location with the personal Climate Control System.
Audiophiles will want to take their collections with them using the RIO500
MP3 player from Diamond Multimedia with 64MB of memory (with Smart Media
memory card added). The “would be” vocalist will want to use the Thompson’s
Vocal Eliminator. Unlike karaoke, it uses any prerecorded music source to
create a one-man band.
After it’s all Said and Done
Remember this… In the end, it’s not how extravagant the gift is, it’s the personalization that counts. As a “wanna be” eccentric, I know this much to be true!
Larry Moran is CEO of Softpro Consulting Group. Phone: 913.685.0200. e-Mail: lmoran@softpro-consulting.com.