Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Good Design (James Regan)

High Sierra Access Laptop Backpack

My backpack is an example of a really good design.  It has a place for everything that is logically placed in the backpack.  For example, it has a special pocket for the laptop which has an additional (adjustable) strap so the laptop will not move around even if its the only thing in the backpack.  Also, there is a pouch at the top of the backpack with a small hole which is used to put a CD or MP3 Player and have your headphones come out of the hole.  Another nice feature of the backpack is that it has pockets specifically designed for pens or pencils, for a calculator and for a cellphone.  Lastly a nice touch, one I haven't used often but occasionally, is there is a plastic cover attached to the bottom of the backpack hidden in a zipper which fits over the backpack and acts as a water shield to protect your laptop from rain.  The reason I've not really used it is that the backpack is well designed and is pretty waterproof on its own and the water shield looks kind of ridiculous, but it is a good idea and a good design that might help sell a couple of more backpacks over their competitors. 

James J Regan IV
COO Emeritus Consulting
B.S. Computer Science
B.A. Linguistics
University of Rochester
Class 2010

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