The ever long debate I've had as a consultant - be a specialist or generalist. I answered this with the former as a consultant and changed the course of my life. But today, I thought I'd look at something I love doing and apply the same thought.
Would you buy a 'dedicated' DSLR camera aka SPECIALIST OR an 'all-in-one' gadget (like iPhone) aka GENERALIST?
When the iPod originally came out - it focused on one and only one thing... becoming the best mp3 player available! It was simple to use, hardly anything extra... somewhere down the road, they forked - they introduced the iPod Touch AND the iPod continued (in Nano and Shuffle and Classic modes). The fact remains, iPod Nano got the upgrade recently (with a camera and fm radio) whilst iPod Touch was... untouched!
Back to the point, Apple's success was in creating the best mp3 player. Now with iPhone, it's trying to be an all-in-one device (Phone, Multimedia, Laptop, Gaming, GPS, etc).
I like that... but I still like going through my photos, and only putting the best ones up after editing for exposure and touching up on contrast or color depth. I don't want to upload grainy amateur photos to flickr.
Ok, so ease of uploading is another factor, with apps like
PicPosterous - you can upload instantly (provided u have an internet connection) - however, there's the
EYEFI SD card which does (almost) the same thing - and you can use it on any camera! Today, a number of cameras especially with HD Video allow you to upload directly to YouTube (and I think in some cases flickr).
So my question is this... would you like a dedicated device or an all-in-one gadget? Would you prefer to lug around all these specialist devices or just carry a single, no-so-perfect, all-in-all device? If you're time is sacred... which would you chose?
Here's something to think about on the SPECIALIST vs. GENERALIST debate:
- Mp3 Player: iPod Nano/Shuffle/Touch [OR] iPhone
- Laptop/Netbook: Macbook Air [OR] iPhone
- GPS: Garmin [OR] iPhone
- Gaming: PSP [OR] iPhone
- Camera: DSLR/Point N Shoot [OR] iPhone
- Video: FlipHD [OR] iPhone
- Phone: Blackberry Bold [OR] iPhone
Ok, the last one was unfair... nevertheless, I'm still
debating this... and have a Blackberry.
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