Anyone else remember the days of floppy disks? The growl of the motor as it spun the magnetic platter of the disk, the horrible access speeds, the fact that they couldn’t hold anything worth having in digital format…
Yeah, I don’t miss those days either.
Personally, I’m waiting until our phones automatically mount as hard drives whenever we go near a computer. Until that shiny new future arrives, however, I use thumb drives. They’re small, cheap, almost universally compatible, and they’ve got great storage capacity. Hell, if you’re paranoid, you can get one that will self-destruct.
The finest thumbdrive I’ve ever owned is the LaCie iamaKey. It’s simple and well-designed, its casing is durable metal (instead of plastic), and it comes in capacities up to 32 gb(!).
The best part of it, aside from its styling, is the fact that it blends in perfectly with my keys:
I hate big key chains. I keep my keys on a single ring. Unfortunately, every time I’ve tried to put a thumb drive on my key ring, it’s being either:
1. too big, making it feel like I’ve got a keychain attached to my keys
2. hollow, making a very loud and obnoxious rattling noise when it’s in my pocket
or
3. Not strong enough, causing it to break off of my key ring or stop working entirely.
The iamaKey addresses all of these shortcomings completely. The metal construction makes it sound like any other key on my ring, prevents it from breaking, and it’s a bit thinner, in fact, that some of my actual keys.
Is it perfect? Nearest I can tell. I am not in love with the completely-detachable cap that covers the contacts on the end of the drive (I always worry about losing it), and on occasion I will forget my keys because they’re plugged into my computer’s USB port (makes you feel like an idiot, let me tell you). But these are both small prices to pay for such a great design.
Thanks to the iamaKey
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