Elegant Technology

I just totted up how much I have spent on Apple stuff this year and it works out at £749 ($1400). The breakdown is;

£179.00 iPod Video 30GB Classic
£199.00 iPod Touch 8GB
£129.00 iPod nano 8GB
£55.00 iWork
£89.00 Leopard
£49.00 Wireless Aluminium Keyboard
£49.00 Wireless Mighty Mouse

In addition, I also spent £249 on an Bose Sound Dock, c£80 on an […]

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via GeekPouch
I just wanted to let you know about GeekPouch.
A custom fit, handmade pouch for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPod Classic, 3rd gen Nano, and 5th gen iPod Video. These are available now in three colour choices, a classic black corduroy pouch, a funky Leopard Print soft fur, and a really nice red faux […]

Apple today have published an addition to it’s website that collects together some of the first Web 2.0 applications developed for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. I particularly like the Weather and Soduku applications. The new web page can be found Here. Best of all; they are free.

In the year 2000 I discovered Newsgroups. I came across a group called alt.lifestyle.simplicity and briefly posted and commented on the simple life. I thought I would share with you some of my posts here.
on the 7 Oct 2000, 08:00 I wrote;
My understanding of the term ’simplicity’ when applied to lifestyle is one of self […]

In the year 2000 I discovered Newsgroups. I came across a group called alt.lifestyle.simplicity and briefly posted and commented on the simple life. I thought I would share with you some of my posts here.
on the 18 Sep 2000, 08:00 I wrote;
minimalism is a type of life-simplicity based upon the aesthetic, but pared-down.
At its core […]

In the year 2000 I discovered Newsgroups. I came across a group called alt.lifestyle.simplicity and briefly posted and commented on the simple life. I thought I would share with you some of my posts here.
on the 15 Sep 2000, 08:00 I wrote;
I would like to propose a new kind of simplicity entitled ‘minimalism’.
Minimalism is a […]

You know how it is, you sell something on eBay and your buyer uses PayPal. Then you have a few £s ($s) accumulated and think ‘What shall I do with this money?’.
I think I first read about insanely great tees on the Gizmodo web site. When I visited the ‘tees web site I thought how […]

I couldn’t resist this when I saw it in the shops recently. I was attracted to it because of it’s white colour. The fragrance is called Fleur du Male and it’s from Jean Paul Gaultier.
The torso shaped bottle comes in a metal tin which, at first, looks as if it needs to be opened with […]

For me Simplicity and Elegance go hand-in-hand. On a recent trip to the Design Museum in London I came across the book The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda.
Maeda has reduced the laws of simplicty down to 10 in number. Briefly the laws are;

Reduce
Organise
Time
Learn
Differences
Context
Emotion
Trust
Failure
The One : Which is a law that tries to encapsulate the […]

A favourite elegant YouTube video.