Device as Memory
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Personal Memory
In "My Laptop" tech journalist Annalee Newitz writes about the linkage of her attraction to WizNet contact Gonif, mentioning that her "affection or Gonif determined [the] relationship with my computer. How could it not? To this day, every time I boot up my machine, I see a shadow of him flicker past" (Annalee Newitz in Turkle, 90).
In this case, one's old cell phone may remind one of the relationships and communication that passed through that place, specifically if the device was the primary or significant touchpoint during the course of the relationship. In these cases, the way to get to the human is through the interface, which ends up taking on, and reminding the person of the characteristics of a person.
