Netflix Minute: Objectified

 

Netflix Minute is a weekly feature highlighting a title from Netflix's catalog of instant view films. If you want to spend a night snuggled up with a bag of popcorn and don't want to drive to the video store, this is for you.

Objectified is the brainchild of documentarian Gary Hustwit, who you might be familiar with through his previous film, Helvetica. Hustwit seems to have a craving for interviews with people that have extreme domain expertise and this film is certainly no outlier.

Hustwit tells the story design in its many aspects, most focused on how products we use every day are best fit to our needs, both aesthetically and functionally. The core message of Objectified seems to be that design is at the core of our modern culture, shaping how we approach tasks and new ideas. Whether it's playing with our iPhones while waiting in a queue or sitting in a chair at the dinner table, design is important to everyone.

Apple's Own Cottage Industry/Milliamp Repair Review

Full Disclosure: I was contacted by Milliamp.com and offered a free repair of my iPods in exchange for a review here. Since a review of a repair is pretty cut and dry (Either it was repaired or not), I thought I would weave it into an article. If you have any objections to this whole exchange, please feel free to raise them in a civilized manner. It could help decide how things like this will play out in the future here at Cerebral Pop.

Apple's iPod is easily the standard when it comes to mp3 players. Whether it be marketing, design, or actual hardware, they've pretty much become synonymous with the tech. The problem is, they aren't exactly built to last.