Girls Got Gadget

Go, Go Gadget Blog!

There’s a T-Shirt out there that says, “More People Have Read this T-Shirt than Read Your Blog!” And so it is with a certain amount of humility (cynicism?) I post my very first blog entry.

Girls Got Gadget is a forum for me to preach to the choir about one of my favorite fetishes — gadgets. Maybe it was too many James Bond movies with all of Q’s ingenious inventions, or Mission Impossible, or McGyver… But the hook for me has always been the fantasy of having just the right gadget at just the right moment and saving the day!

No, not preventing a nuclear war at the hands of a super-villain in a subterranean lair, but being able to produce a headlamp out of a backpack when you need to change a tire in the dark, or a first aid kit when your kid biffs on the bike trail, or you just happen to have the video excerpt of “Midnight Train to Georgia” from American Idol on your iPhone when everyone was talking about it at lunch and get to pull it out of your purse with a wry smile and try to look oh-so-casual, “Oh, I’ve got that one…”

It’s not just the Eagle Scout preparedness factor, though, that makes me and others seek out the gadgets of life. It’s the appreciation for the design, the usefulness, the anticipated need, the whole “better mousetrap” mythology. In purchasing and using my cool new gadget I am paying homage to a creative genius (or least brilliant marketer) that deserves a gold star and a little coin for making a unique contribution to the planet. As a graphic designer for the last 20 years, many of my clients have been inventors. It has been both inspiring and frustrating to watch them take their “children” to market — some with greater success than others.

To that end, I am currently developing an online store that will feature products that I think are amazing, awesome, noteworthy, and just plain cool. Keep an eye out for it in about a week. I really want feedback about the gadgets YOU think are all that, so I can make some wonderful new discoveries and share them with others.