Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Caramel apple dipper

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:14:20 +0000

I like Unitasker Wednesday. It isn’t hard to see things in my own kitchen that are a one-trick pony, UW has helped me re-evaluate the usefulness of some items.

I can safely say you will never find a carmel apple dipper in my house.

By: Jacki Hollywood Brown

Jacki Hollywood Brown — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:13:45 +0000

Isn’t the obesity epidemic bad enough without dipping healthy fruit in caramel and making your own cotton candy?

By: Kate Saltfleet

Kate Saltfleet — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:14:18 +0000

@Real life Pixel – same here!

I love the concept of “Unitasker Wednesday”. The easy way to a clutter free life is not aquiring the stuff in the first place.

This is what makes Christmas presents such a challenge, when everyone is asking what you want and you’re trying not to acquire more knick knacks and thingies. A definite case of Affluenza, methinks

By: MadMolecule

MadMolecule — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:43:20 +0000

I love it too. The word “unitasker” has entered my vocabulary because of this site. I get blank looks when I say it, so I explain, “It’s a product that does only one specific thing and has a big footprint. Like a waffle iron.”

I’ve seen several people’s eyes light up when they first make the connection between usefulness and storage space. I just direct them to unclutterer.com.

(I own a unitasker too. It’s a USB turntable, for ripping vinyl albums to .mp3 or .wav. Even though I hardly ever use it, it resides on my desk and takes up about four square feet. What price geekery?)

By: Erin @ Unclutterer

Erin @ Unclutterer — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:59:15 +0000

@Kim — You said it exactly as we intend it. Those of us who write, program, and edit the website are far from perfect. If we never stopped to laugh at ourselves, we wouldn’t properly be representing who we are. Heck, I have a few unitaskers in my own kitchen (*cough* the ice cream maker *cough*). Unitasker Wednesday is fun. That’s it. Don’t read anymore into it than that.

By: Real Life Pixel

Real Life Pixel — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:19:17 +0000

What’s funny is, I’ve just started frequenting this site and I saw this thing and thought, “WTF! I thought this site was supposed to be about un-cluttering. This thing is totally clutter.” . . . ha ha ha . . .

By: Minnie

Minnie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:21:06 +0000

I also LOVE unitasker Wednesday.
It seems like people don’t understand that unitasker Wednesday is a sarcastic, humorous thing!
(and even if you love a particular unitasker and run out to buy it, it doesn’t make poking fun at it any less enjoyable…to me, anyway…)

By: Xyrra

Xyrra — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:12:38 +0000

I adore Unitasker Wednesday, myself. I’ve just been missing Extreme Minimalism Mondays.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:23:19 +0000

I LOVE unitasker Wednesday! Just last week I was at a kitchen gadget store, pointing out the good useful things, as well as the things that are primed for a little Wednesday exposure! I bought one of those pump sprayers that dispenses olive oil in a spray. We cook with olive oil a lot, so I think it was a good purchase… though it might be in the unitasker grey zone.

By: PJK

PJK — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:15:54 +0000

@ Kim – Isn’t that the point? I always thought one of the benefits of Unitasker Wednesday IS to remind us not to let these material objects take over our lives. Sometimes we want something because it’s cool or looks useful, but if we reflect a little further, we may find that it’s not that versatile and we could easily make do without it, rather than add to our clutter.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:58:53 +0000

I agree with Sheryl’s sentiment. I really dislike “Unitasker Wednesday.” It is a daunting reminder of how material objects take over our lives.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:48:32 +0000

“If you can’t get enough of that caramel apple, you may want to invest in a cotton candy machine. This is the next step in your descent into the carnival food pyramid that will undoubtedly leave you asking for mercy.”

Actually, all that sugar would leave me in a puddle on the floor, needing to be scraped up with a spatula. What a waste of money and storage space – no thanks.

By: Janet Miles

Janet Miles — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:54:16 +0000

That actually looks like it would be fun to rent for a party, although I can’t see wanting to own it.