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Saturday, January 31, 2004

Paying for style

Dan Bricklin: "To many people, expressing themselves through designs, combinations of products, and attention to detail is worth paying [more] money. They buy and wear products (and deliberate mixtures and juxtapositions of products) that 'say something'. It may be 'I identify with this brand.' ... I believe that a significant portion of the population has an artistic drive and expresses that drive through their choices of clothes, accessories (worn, carried, used), ornaments (desk, room, cubicle, etc.), tools, and more. Like amateur artists, they pay extra to express themselves ... It is interesting that the Apple iPod addresses multiple categories here. It is for listening to music, it is from a company some people like to support, and it exudes a variety of style attributes as it appeals through the stark color carried through even to the earpieces and wires, the smooth, compact, and sealed physical design, the minimalist simplicity and responsiveness of operation, and more."

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