Already full.

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A couple of months ago I received a 128MB flash memory "disc-on-key" style stick. I thought that I only needed about 64MB, but didn't object when offered the larger model as a gift. I figured I'd have more than enough space for moving files back and forth from home to work, which was basically why I wanted the device in the first place. It immediately proved itself much more useful than copying files to floppy drives, and much easier and faster than sending materials to myself via e-mail which is what I'd become accustomed to doing.

The space on this device is about 100 times larger than what I had available on a floppy. Yet still, I've found that just as I used to copy files from the floppies in my pocket to my hard drive to make room for something new that I had to save, I now still have to do the same with this "drive". It filled up incredibly quickly, though of course it did so because when I had the available space I wanted to save items in my pocket that I wouldn't have previously thought I might have available.

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Go to: Large storage space invites large files, or
Go to: Planning ahead, or
Go to: Me and Moore's Law.