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[tithonium]

When I bought Joshua, my Honda Element, nobody had one. I'd get asked about it all the time. Now, everybody has one. Seriously, I can't drive 5 blocks without seeing one.

At Fry's this evening, the lady behind me in the checkout line asked about my shoes. She'd just seen them today at REI and wanted to know how I liked them.

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[ionan.livejournal.com]

"DEFINITION - An early adopter is a person who embraces new technology before most other people do. Early adopters tend to buy or try out new hardware items and programs, and new versions of existing programs, sooner than most of their peers. According to a theory called Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) formulated by Everett Rogers, early adopters make up 13.5 percent of the population.

Early adopters, while eager to explore new options in technology, are not the most daring, and are not especially prone to taking risks. That role, according to Rogers, is played by a small minority of people called innovators. Only one person in 40 is of this type. They are the people most likely to conceive and develop new methodologies and technologies, and who often end up running large IT corporations or founding new ones. "

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Which are you saying I am?

[ionan.livejournal.com]

Early adopter.

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

Hey, if I'd known about those shoes earlier, I'd have a pair by now!

The element? Eh, too blatantly inefficient for my taste. (Know its actual fuel economy isn't so bad, but aerodynamics anyone?)

-B.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

depends on your definition of "isn't so bad". Driving almost exclusively in-city, on hills, I get about 20. On the other hand, a full tank could probably get you to portland and back, averaging more than 30 (admittedly, this is based on exactly one data point, and only the trip down; we refilled before heading back up).

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Need more data points!

Donut run?