Laptop Steering Wheel Desk
The BlogLESS Department of Doing it Wrong was overwhelmed to discover, hot on the heels of last week's post, the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray.
While the makers of the Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray (a desk that attaches to your steering wheel “for easy access to a writing and drink storage surface”) warn consumers that they ought not use this product while driving, “for safety reasons,” users of Amazon.com have lit up switchboard at the product’s Amazon Customer Image Gallery and Customer Reviews section, registering their views on the fatuousness of this warning, and on the danger of this product design more generally. It’s an unusually great moment for Amazon customer feedback working as a vehicle for social critique.
Oh, did I mention it’s damn funny?
Some Choice Customer Images
Some Choice Customer Reviews
These worked great in the cockpit for our tanscontinental flights!, November 4, 2009My copilot and I both used these during our “daily grind” transcontinental flights from San Diego to Minneapolis. We had to modify them a bit to fit snug against the instrument panels (when we bought them we didn’t realize the planes we fly don’t have steering wheels!), but in the end it did the job. With our laptops firmly in place we were able to focus our attention on what really mattered, participating in raids with our WoW clan. During our last flight we were so immersed in trying to take down Eranikus that we overshot Minneapolis by a full hour and a half before some annoying flight attendant interrupted us, babbling something about “FAA and F16 fighters.”
We’ll definitely use this product again at our next gig, whatever and whenever that happens to be…
Highly recommended!
Amazing! Holds my sheet music perfectly while driving., May 7, 2009This has been a total lifesaver. It allows me to prop my sheet music against the wheel, allowing me to play the guitar with both hands while driving.
Makes a boring drive easier, November 19, 2009You wouldn’t believe how much more interesting my commute is now that I have something to do other than just stare out the window! I’m using it right now to post this review and I never
| Tagged with: | Amazon, Dangerous Design Decisions, Design, Social Media, You're Doing It Wrong |
Post a comment
Want to know more?
You're reading BlogLESS, a thrice-weekly blog about the ethics of advertising, branding, design, social media and business. We are also fans of zen, although this itself is perhaps not so zen.
No Comments