Bruce Sterling
EVERYTHING, FOR EVERYBODY, EVERY TIME
Pocket tools. Hand tools. Swiss tools. Multi-pliers. Most tools are designed to fulfill one explicit function, so they have one name and a single efficient form. But multitools are different: they’re compact, hingey, clumsy, ungainly, folding, pronged, clickety-clackety.
A multitool haunts the body, in a pocket or purse. Its game plan is to stay with you around the clock, ready for anything. Professionals’ tools exist for people who need to get a job done. Multitools are for people who can’t define their jobs, and who never stop tinkering.
The original Swiss Army knife of 1891 was built to do four clear things in one package: it opened military canned food, it punched holes in military horse ...
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