Today I’ll be talking about the popularity of gadgets and how we can understand them in relation to an obsession with technology that can do it all. In part one I’ll focus more on the raw appeal of single-function gadgets and in part two I'll discuss the experience they can create. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/technology/circuits/gadget-or-plaything-let-a-child-decide.html