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Kid Swaps iPod For Sony Walkman, Gets A Culture Shock
TechCrunch —
... The pictures of the Sony Walkman in this BBC Magazine article made me feel strangely nostalgic - the actual text of the article made me laugh out loud. The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to trade his iPod for a Walkman for a week, and he recounts his experiences with the device, which was launched 30 years ago this week. ...
Kid swaps iPod for 30 year old Walkman
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. ... I managed to create an impromptu shuffle feature simply by holding down "rewind" and releasing it randomly - effective, if a little laboured." ...
One of our interns makes it big by carrying a Walkman for a week
CrunchGear —
... Wee Scott Campbell of Aberdeen, Scotland is 13 years old and sent us an email last week asking if he could write for us. He’s been doing pieces here and there but clearly what he lacks in physical age he makes up for in chutzpah. And so, much to my surprise, I wake up this morning to discover young Campbell on BBC comparing an iPod to a Walkman with his mum and generally impressing the heck out of us. ...
13 Year Old Uses Walkman for a Week. Result: Embarrassment
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... quality (we’d disagree — even a tape sounds better than the average MP3), and capacity (twelve tracks in your pocket!).
Scott had some operational troubles, too: “It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape.” The ultimate insult comes at the end, though:
Did my dad, Alan, really ever think this was a credible piece of technology?
Ouch!
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman [BBC via BBG]
Photo: ...
13-year-old trades iPod for Walkman, reports on mysterious ancient artifact
Engadget —
... If you want to get an idea of just how fast technology moves, a brilliant piece from the BBC should help light the way. The setup is simple enough: 13-year-old Scott Campbell is given a Walkman and told by his dad that it was "the iPod of his day" -- and ...
13-Year-Old Kid Looks Back on 30 Years of Walkman
Switched —
... BBC Magazine asked the Aberdeenshire student to carry the "cumbersome" gadget through a few days at school, where it was immediately met with sideways glances. Apparently, it took the youngster a few days to discover that a cassette tape had another side, and many more to get accustomed to the Walkman's relatively short battery life (three hours, or so). ...
When a 13-year-old From 2009 Uses a Walkman For a Week [Walkman]
Gizmodo —
... But in the end, which did he like better: his Walkman or his iPod? The iPod, of course, except for the fact that the Walkman had two headphone ports for easy music sharing. [BBC via ...
The Original Walkman vs. the iPod Touch
Technologizer —
... I was reminded of the anniversary by a fun BBC story by a 13-year-old who tried replacing his iPod with a Walkman (he wasn’t impressed). And I was moved to create a T-Grid comparing 1979’s TPS-L2 to today’s most highly-evolved iPod, the iPod Touch. Like the Beeb’s teenaged tester, I wouldn’t give up my iPod (which happens to be an iPhone) for a Walkman. But I’m not so sure that the TPS-L2 wasn’t equally as impressive (and fashionable) in its day, in its own way… ...
iPod vs. Sony Walkman (The Old School One)
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
[image] Ready your time machine / nostalgic emotions. The BBC has published his week-long acocunt of using an old-school Sony Walkman. Scott Campbell, a British teenager, was given a classic (incredibly old) Sony Walkman to carry around in place of his iPod. During this experiment, he took 3 days to realize there were two sides to a cassette tape. Presumably after he figured that part out, he wrote a detailed review of the Walkman in comparison to his iPod. The next step is to make Jonathan Ive use one of these, and monitor him to see if he has a seizure. ...
On loving the Walkman for what it was, and the iPod for what it is
Core77 —
If you haven't yet stumbled across it on BBC News, Engadget or the discussion boards here on Core77, there's a great little article making the rounds today, in which 13-year-old Scott Campbell is asked to give his opinions on the very Walkman his dad once toted (or hauled, if you want to be honest about the size of those early ones).
Besides the obvious entertainment value of hearing a (surprisingly eloquent) youngster discover how to flip a tape over, and "shuffle" tracks by randomly releasing the rewind button, there's some ...
What's Next: The first signs of improvement for the tech economy
Betanews —
... It was 30 years ago... • Scott Campbell is 13, and before a few weeks ago he thought of the iPod as the norm in portable music. Somehow, the BBC reports, his father Alan convinced the lad to carry a first-generation cassette Walkman around for a week -- the iconic artifact is turning 30, believe it or not -- and compare it to his usual player. ...
Sony Walkman Turns 30, Feels A Bit Overweight
Retro Thing —
... original headphones weighed a mere 45 grams. Prior to that, hi-fi headphones were bulky, heavy devices ill suited to jogging or riding the train. Their arrival was a critical and frequently overlooked part of the Walkman's immense success throughout the early 1980s, especially when you realize that the Compact Cassette had been on the market for 15 years before the Walkman set sales on fire. Walkman 20th Anniversary Press Release from 1999 (oh, how far we've come...) Giving up my iPod for a Walkman [thanks, Gio and Retroandy ...
Some Afternoon Links
The Agitator —
I’m adding this to my Amazon Wishlist.
The BBC gives a 13-year-old a cassette-playing Sony Walkman. Confusion ensues.
Why libertarians want to see sick people dying in the street for lack of health insurance. (Yes, that’s sarcasm.)
Florida DUI checkpoint yields 1,131 vehicle stops, two outstanding warrant arrests, six felony drug arrests, one misdemeanor drug arrest, and 104 traffic citations. Hmm. What’s missing, here?
Irvine, California’s little police state. Sounds sort of hellish to me. But I can ...
The 404 377: Where Wilson needs a haircut
Crave: The gadget blog —
... . Most of the picks are no-brainers, but there are a few surprises in there including Frogger for PS1 coming in at #46. Did people really pay money to buy FROGGER on a DISC?! Scary to think about now. Next, we launch into a story about 13-year old Scott Campbell swapping his Apple iPod for the original Sony Walkman. Fresh on the heels of the gadget's ...
Sony Walkman turns 30
Gizmos for Geeks —
... For an amusing, and still insightful, piece on how far technology has taken us, you read Scott Campbell’s (13 years old) review of a Sony Walkman. ...
Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear
Gawker: valleywag —
... video of young Alec.
British Blog Boy Wonder
Name: Scott Campbell
Age: 14
Summary: Started British news website, contributes to BBC and various newspapers
More: Campbell is CEO of Net News Daily; with co-founder and editor-in-chief Nathan Adam, he claims 100,000 unique visitors per month, and has scored freelance gigs with the BBC (left) and writes a regular column for the newspaper First News. Asked earlier this year in ...
Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear
Valleywag —
... Here's video of young Alec.
British Blog Boy Wonder
Name: Scott Campbell
Age: 14
Summary: Started British news website, contributes to BBC and various newspapers
More: Campbell is CEO of Net News Daily; with co-founder and editor-in-chief Nathan Adam, he claims 100,000 unique visitors per month, and has scored freelance gigs with the BBC (left) and writes a regular column for the newspaper First News. Asked earlier this year ...
